Legal Opinion
Smith v. Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 14, 1966No. 18243PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKMUN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents issues which emerge in the wake of public school desegregation. Specifically, we are confronted with aspects of job protection, if any, afforded negro teachers by the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment when desegregation results in the closing of an all-negro school. The district court dismissed the complaint on the merits. Thereafter, at the appellate stage, the Attorney General certified the case as one of general public importance; pursuant to the provisions of § 902 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000h-2, we…
2Cases cited57 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Shelton v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by36 opinions
- United States v. Jefferson County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- National Student Association, Inc. v. Lewis B. HersheyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- 10 Fair empl.prac.cas. 725, 9 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 9911 Mr. And Mrs. Andrew Stephen Faraca v. Dr. James D. Clements, IndividuallyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Smith v. Board of Education of Morrilton School District No. 32Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
- Sostre v. RockefellerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1970
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