Legal Opinion
Dowell v. Board of Education of the Oklahoma City Public Schools, Independent District No. 89
District Court, W.D. Oklahoma
Decided December 9, 1987No. Civ-61-9452-BPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BOH ANON, District Judge.
No matter how complex the remedial plan invoked, it is irrational to assume that a school desegregation plan will be able to serve the needs of the community indefinitely. Oklahoma City, or any other community served by a unitary school system, will not remain demographically stable, “for in a growing, mobile society, few will do so.” Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, 402 U.S. 1, 31, 91 S.Ct. 1267, 1283, 28 L.Ed.2d 554 (1971). Following a unitary declaration in 1977, the parties are now before the court for reasons directly related…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Shelley v. KraemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Board of Ed. of Oklahoma City Public Schools v. DowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Dowell v. Oklahoma City Public SchoolsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
- Dowell v. BD. OF EDUC. OF OKLAHOMA CITY PUB. SCH.District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1991
- Dowell ex rel. Dowell v. Board of EducationsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
- Hampton v. Jefferson County Board of EducationDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1999
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