Legal Opinion
Raney v. Board of Education of Gould School District
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 27, 1968No. 805PublishedCited by 205 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
This case presents the question of the adequacy of a “freedom-of-choice” plan as compliance with Brown v. Board of Education, 349 U. S. 294 (Brown II), a question also considered today in No. 695, Green v. County School Board of New Kent County, ante, p. 430. The factual setting is very similar to that in Green.
This action was brought in September 1965 in the District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Injunctive relief was sought against the continued maintenance by respondent Board of Education of an alleged racially segregated school system. The school district has an area of 80…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Dossie Wayne Kemp v. Leroy BeasleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- Dossie Wayne Kemp v. Leroy BeasleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- Delores Clark v. The Board of Education of the Little Rock School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by205 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Milliken v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- United States v. Allegheny-Ludlum Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
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