Legal Opinion

Brewer v. Hoxie School District No. 46

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided October 25, 1956No. 15510PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.

Prior to 1955, the public schools in Hoxie School District No. 46 of Lawrence County,- Arkansas, servicing about a thousand white students and twenty four negroes, were operated in accord with the laws of the State prescribing segregation of the white and colored pupils, but on June 5, 1955, following the two decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483, 74 S.Ct. 686, 98 L.Ed. 873 [May 17, 1954] and 349 U.S. 294, 75 S.Ct. 753, 99 L.Ed. 1083 [May 31, 1955], the school board of directors determined that as…

2Cases cited85 opinions

  1. Bell v. HoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  3. Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  4. Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  5. Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Yvonne C. Edwards v. Nathan HabibCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
  2. Action, Percy Green v. Rowland E. GannonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
  3. Park View Heights Corporation v. The City of Black JackCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
  4. Floyd T. Stanturf v. Donald SipesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1964
  5. Regents of the University of Minnesota v. The National Collegiate Athletic AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977

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