Legal Opinion
Deborah A. Northcross v. The Board of Education of the City of Memphis, Tennessee,defendants-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 25, 1962No. 14642PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CECIL, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves the public school system of the City of Memphis, Tennessee.
The appellants were plaintiffs in the District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. They are eighteen minors and their parents, all of the Negro face, who bring the action on behalf of them*819selves, and all other Negro children and their parents in Memphis, similarly situated. The defendants-appellees are the Board of Education of the City of Memphis, the members thereof individually, and the superintendent of schools. The parties will be referred to hereinafter as plaintiffs and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Cooper v. AaronSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Andrew L. Mannings, a Minor, by His Father and Next Friend, Willie M. Mannings v. Board of Public Instruction of Hillsborough County, FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Borders v. RippyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by54 opinions
- Thomas L. Jenkins v. United Gas Corporation and Allan B. CaldwellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Monroe v. Board of Commissioners of JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. Jefferson County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Cassell Carpenter v. Russell C. Davis, Mayor of JacksonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Tina Deal, a Minor by Frank L. Deal, Her Father and Next Friend v. The Cincinnati Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1969
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