Legal Opinion
Cynthia D. Green, an Infant, and Rev. Emmett L. Green, Her Father and Next Friend v. School Board of the City of Roanoke, Virginia, a Body Corporate
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 22, 1962No. 8534_1PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.
This action was begun in the District Court for the Western District of Virginia by twenty-eight Negro public school pupils and their representatives in the City of Roanoke to require the defendants to grant them transfers from Negro to white schools. The plaintiffs also prayed for an injunction against the continued operation of racially segregated schools in the city or for an order requiring city and state school officials to submit and effectuate a plan for desegregation.
Before turning to the facts pertaining to these plaintiffs, it is in order to describe the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Orleans Parish School Board v. Earl Benjamin BushCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- 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
- Deborah A. Northcross v. The Board of Education of the City of Memphis, Tennessee,defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1962
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Green v. County School Board of New Kent CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Thomas L. Jenkins v. United Gas Corporation and Allan B. CaldwellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Cassell Carpenter v. Russell C. Davis, Mayor of JacksonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Bradley v. School Board of City of Richmond, VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
- Dowell v. School Board of Oklahoma City Public SchoolsDistrict Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1965
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