Legal Opinion
Lee v. Macon County Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 29, 1971No. 30154PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
This school desegregation case1 involves the student assignment provisions of the plan for desegregating the public schools in Calhoun County, Alabama. The United States, plaintiff-intervenor, appeals from that portion of the court’s order which would have the effect of leaving approximately 45 percent of this small district’s Negro students in two virtually all-black schools; pairing alternatives would fully segregate both schools.2 We feel compelled to reverse the district court on this issue.
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Calhoun County, in northeastern Alabama, has a county school system serving…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Loving v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Green v. County School Board of New Kent CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by56 opinions
- Wright v. Council of EmporiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Tallulah Morgan v. John J. Kerrigan, Boston Home and School Association, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellant, Kevin H. White, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
- Jose Cisneros v. Corpus Christi Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Morgan v. HenniganDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1974
- Bradley v. MillikenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
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