Legal Opinion

Vaughns v. Board of Education

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided March 28, 1985No. Nos. 83-2048(L), 83-2049PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HARRISON L. WINTER, Chief Judge:

This appeal and cross-appeal are the latest round in the Prince George’s County school desegregation litigation begun in 1972. Plaintiffs and the Board of Education (Board) appeal from an order of the district court directing the Board to take further specific steps to desegregate its schools upon the finding that the Board had failed to discharge all of its obligation to achieve a unitary school system. Vaughns v. Board of Education of Prince George’s County, 574 F.Supp. 1280 (D.Md. 1983). The Board contends that the district court had no jurisdiction in the…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Green v. County School Board of New Kent CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Milliken v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Pasadena City Board of Education v. SpanglerSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Columbus Board of Education v. PenickSupreme Court of the United States · 1979

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Home Port Rentals, Inc. v. RubenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1992
  2. Muwekma Tribe v. BabbittDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2001
  3. Sylvester J. Vaughns, Jr., by His Father and Next Friend, Sylvester J. Vaughns, and Jesse Alexander Eller v. Board of Education of Prince George's County, and Thomas John Grenchik, Sylvester J. Vaughns, Jr., by His Father and Next Friend, Sylvester J. Vaughns, and Jesse Alexander Eller v. Board of Education of Prince George's County, and Thomas John GrenchikCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985
  4. Richmond School Board v. BalilesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1987
  5. Saint Catherine Hospital of Indiana, LLC v. Indiana Family & Social Services AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2015

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