Legal Opinion
United States v. Jefferson County Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 29, 1966No. Nos. 23345, 23331, 23335, 23274, 23365, 23173, 23192PublishedCited by 221 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
Once again the Court is called upon to review school desegregation plans to determine whether the plans meet constitutional standards. The distinctive feature of these cases, consolidated on appeal, is that they also require us to reexamine school desgregation standards in the light of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Guidelines of the United States Office of Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW).
When the United States Supreme Court in 1954 decided Brown v. Board of Education 1 the members of the High School Class of 1966 had not entered the…
2Cases cited167 opinions
- Skidmore v. Swift & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Bolling v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- United States v. American Trucking AssociationsSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Shelley v. KraemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by221 opinions
- Keyes v. School Dist. No. 1, DenverSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Mrs. Lorena W. Weeks v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company, Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company v. Mrs. Lorena W. WeeksCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Blanchard McLeod United States of America v. Dallas CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- San Francisco Unified School District v. JohnsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1971
- William CAULFIELD Et Al., Appellants, v. the BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the CITY OF NEW YORK Et Al., AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
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