Legal Opinion
Aaron v. Cooper
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 26, 1957No. 15675PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VOGEL, Circuit Judge.
Appellants are Negro children attending the public schools of Little Rock, Arkansas. They brought this action in their own behalf and in behalf of all other Negro minors similarly situated. Appellees are the Little Rock School District, a corporation, the president and secretary of its board, and the superintendent of public schools for Little Rock. On February 8, 1956, appellants filed a complaint in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, Western Division, asking that the court define their legal rights and that an injunction be issued against…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Joyce Marie Clemons, an Infant by Gertrude Clemons, Her Mother and Next Friend v. The Board of Education of Hillsboro, Ohio, a Body CorporateCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1956
- Aaron v. CooperDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1956
- Thompson v. County School Board of Arlington CountyDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1956
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Little Rock School District v. Pulaski County Special School District No. 1Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Robert W. Kelley, and Cross-Appellees v. Board of Education of the City of Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, and Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1959
- Boson v. RippyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Delores Clark v. The Board of Education of the Little Rock School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
- Faubus v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1958
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