Legal Opinion
Webb v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided November 18, 1963No. 63 C 1895PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAROVITZ, District Judge.
This class action has been brought by the parents of several Negro children presently enrolled in the public schools of Chicago, Illinois. Plaintiffs ask upon their own behalf, and also upon the behalf of others similarly situated, that the Defendants, the Board of Education of the City of Chicago, and Dr. Benjamin C. Willis, Superintendent of Schools, be enjoined pendente lite from maintaining and requiring attendance at racially segregated public schools.
Plaintiffs contend that the Board, and Dr. Willis, have deliberately created and fostered a segregated school…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Russell v. FarleySupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Rachel Lynn Bell, a Minor, by Mrs. Odessa K. Bell, Her Mother, Etc. v. School City of Gary, IndianaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1963
- Bell v. School City of Gary, IndianaDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1963
- Branche v. Board of Education of Town of HempsteadDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1962
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3Cited by10 opinions
- United States v. Jefferson County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Bradley v. School Board of City of Richmond, VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
- Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing AuthorityDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1967
- Bradley v. School Board of the City of RichmondCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
- Cisneros v. Corpus Christi Independent School DistrictDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1970
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