Legal Opinion
Dove v. Parham
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided October 8, 1959No. Civ. A. 3680PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BECK, District Judge.
This is a class action 1 , in equity, brought by school-age children of the Negro race and their parents and others similarly situated, as plaintiffs, against the members of the Board of Directors of the Dollarway School District No. 2, Jefferson County, Arkansas, and that district, a corporation, with jurisdiction invoked under 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1331 as amended and 1343(3) and 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1981-1983.
The controversy, in main, raises the question as to the merits of the plaintiffs’ claims, that the acts and deeds of the defendants while acting or purporting to act pursuant…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Hecht Co. v. BowlesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Cooper v. AaronSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Smith v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Little Rock School District v. Pulaski County Special School District No. 1Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Clark v. ThompsonDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1962
- Parham v. DoveCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1959
- Cato v. ParhamCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- State of Arkansas v. HowardDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1963
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