Legal Opinion
Coppedge v. Franklin County Board of Education
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Decided August 21, 1967No. Civ. 1796PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
BUTLER, Chief Judge.
The plaintiffs, Negro school children in Franklin County, North Carolina, instituted this class action on December 8, 1965, pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983, on their own behalf and on behalf of other Negro children similarly situated, to desegregate the Franklin County School system. The complaint alleged in susbtanee that the Franklin County Board of Education was operating- a .racially segregated school system and, in so doing, was denying the plaintiffs and members of their class the equal protection of the laws. The complaint prayed for injunctive…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Plessy v. FergusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Cassell v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Sweatt v. PainterSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Lawrence v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
- Zuch v. HusseyDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1975
- United States v. School District 151 of Cook County, IllinoisDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1968
- Keyes v. School District Number One, Denver, ColoradoDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1969
- Johnson v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1971
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