Legal Opinion
Brenda K. Monroe v. Board of Commissioners, City of Jackson, Tennessee, and County Board of Education, Madison County, Tennessee
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 21, 1967No. 17119_1PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SULLIVAN, Circuit Judge.
In 1963 a suit was filed by Brenda K. Monroe and others, Negro children and their parents, to bring about the desegregation of the public schools of the City of Jackson, and of Madison County, Tennessee. 1
The District Court required the school authorities to submit plans to accomplish desegregation and ultimately granted the relief sought by approving parts of a submitted plan and ordering other steps to-be- taken. Separate opinions were written, one involving the City of Jackson schools, reported as Monroe v. Board of Commissioners of the City of Jackson, Tennessee,…
2Cases cited17 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
- United States v. Jefferson County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Tina Deal v. The Cincinnati Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Monroe v. Board of Commissioners of JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Brewer v. The School Board Of The City Of Norfolk, VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
- Spangler v. Pasadena City Board of EducationDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1970
- Davis v. School District of the City of Pontiac, Inc.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1970
- Dossie Wayne Kemp v. Leroy BeasleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
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