Legal Opinion
Givens v. Poe
District Court, W.D. North Carolina
Decided June 19, 1972No. Civ. A. 2615PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
McMILLAN, District Judge.
On December 12, 1969, the plaintiffs, Peggy Givens, age eleven, and Rose Mary Givens, age thirteen, got into a dispute with Peggy’s teacher, Mrs. Charlotte S. Rhoden, at Double Oaks Elementary School in Charlotte. The children were sent home immediately; a conference was held next day; they were formally notified of their exclusion a month later.
The children then brought this suit under 28 United States Code, § 1343(3) and (4), for the class consisting of themselves and others similarly situated [Federal Rule 23(a) (b) (2)], seeking reinstatement…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- In Re OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrathSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- Robert Hall v. Medical College of Ohio at ToledoCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- Gabrilowitz v. NewmanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Jaksa v. Regents of University of MichiganDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1984
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