Legal Opinion
Brown v. Board of Education of DeWitt School District No. 1
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided January 19, 1966No. PB-65-C-44PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION and DECREE
HENLEY, Chief Judge.
This is a class action brought by plaintiffs and intervenors on behalf of themselves and other similarly situated, who are Negro public school students residing within the borders of DeWitt School District No. 1, Arkansas County, Arkansas, against the Board of Directors of that District to bring about an end of alleged unconstitutional racial segregation within the school system operated by the District. Plaintiffs and intervenors are high school students at grade levels 10-12.
Insofar as here pertinent, the complaint alleges in substance that…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Plessy v. FergusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- ROGERS Et Al. v. PAUL Et Al.Supreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Dossie Wayne Kemp v. Leroy BeasleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- Pitts v. Board of Trustees of De Witt Special School Dist. No. 1District Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1949
3Cited by2 opinions
- United States v. Jefferson County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- United States of America and Linda Stout, by Her Father and Next Friend, Blevin Stout v. Jefferson County Board of Education, United States of America v. The Board of Education of the City of Fairfield, United States of America v. The Board of Education of the City of Bessemer, United States of America v. Caddo Parish School Board, United States of America v. The Bossier Parish School Board, Margaret M. Johnson v. Jackson Parish School Board, Yvornia Decarol Banks v. Claiborne Parish School BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966