Hart v. County School Board of Arlington County, Virginia

In this appeal, a plan, approved by the district court, to achieve a unitary school system in Arlington County is attacked because two formerly all-black elementary schools have been converted into special purpose schools, and the black pupils who formerly attended them have been assigned and are being transported to other formerly all-white schools. It is argued that, factually, the plan is discriminatory because the burden of transfer and transportation falls more heavily on the black students than on the white students, thus perpetuating the stigma of inferiority which a plan for a unitary…