Legal Opinion
Acree v. Drummond
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided January 13, 1972No. Civ. A. 1179PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
LAWRENCE, Chief Judge.
This case has been around since 1964. I came into it in the Fall of 1968.
At that time a freedom of choice plan was in effect in Richmond County schools. The total enrollment of white and black children in 1967-1968 was approximately 35,750 students. Of 12,250 Negro students in the school population 5.5% chose to attend previously all-white schools. With one exception no white student had exercised freedom of choice to attend a previously all-black school.
Judge Scarlett held hearings in the Spring of 1968 on a motion by plaintiffs to adjudge the School Board in…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Green v. County School Board of New Kent CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. Greenwood Municipal Separate School District, Greenwood Municipal Separate School District v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Evelyn R. Ellis, a Minor v. The Board of Public Instruction of Orange County, FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by4 opinions
- DRUMMOND Et Al. v. ACREE Et Al.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Acree v. County Board of Education of Richmond CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Robert L. Acree v. County Board of Education of Richmond County, Georgia, Ann Gunter Drummond, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Robert L. Acree, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees v. County Board of Education of Richmond County, Georgia, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants v. Ann Gunter Drummond, Intervenors-Appellees-Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972