Legal Opinion
Jipping v. Lansing Board of Education
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided December 31, 1968No. Docket 5,287PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*443Miller, J.
This case raises the principal issue as to whether students can be classified solely on the basis of race, even when the ultimate objective is to equalize the educational opportunity. The board of education of Lansing school district found that it had 20.1% black students in Sexton high school, 2.2% in Eastern and 0.9% in Everett high schools. All three schools were integrated, but the imbalance was becoming more severe at the rate of 5% in the two-year period 1964-1966. Upon recommendation of a study committee it resolved by action taken August 4, 1966, to transport black students…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Steele v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Plessy v. FergusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Goss v. Board of Ed. of KnoxvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Olson v. Board of Ed. of U. Free Sch. Dist. No. 12, Malverne, NYDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1966
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Berry v. School Dist. of City of Benton HarborDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1978
- National Ass'n for Advancement of Colored People v. Lansing Board of EducationDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1976
- National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People v. Lansing Board Of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1977
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Lansing Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1977
- Jipping v. Lansing Board of EducationMichigan Court of Appeals · 1968