Legal Opinion
Moses v. Washington Parish School Board
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided August 9, 1971No. Civ. A. 15973PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEEBE, District Judge:
The issue presented for determination is whether or not the Franklinton Elementary School can assign students in the recently desegregated school on the basis of standardized ability and achievement tests. Without determining the per se validity of the use of such tests, the Court holds that testing, as presently used in Franklinton Elementary denies plaintiffs equal educational opportunity and impedes the immediate establishing of a truly unitary school as compelled by Alexander v. Holmes County Bd. of Ed., 396 U.S. 19, 90 S.Ct. 29, 24 L.Ed.2d 19 (1969), and has the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Green v. County School Board of New Kent CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Alexander v. Holmes County Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Singleton v. Jackson Municipal Separate School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Carter v. West Feliciana Parish School BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Kelly McNeal v. Tate County School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Debra P. v. TurlingtonDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1979
- United States v. Gadsden County School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Vertrees Moses v. Washington Parish School BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- United States v. Gadsden County School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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