Legal Opinion
Holland v. Board of Public Instruction of Palm Beach County
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 26, 1958No. 16897PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
A child, by his father as next friend, complains that he and other Negro children are segregated in the public schools of Palm Beach County, Florida, solely on the basis of race, contrary to the constitution of the United States as construed in the School Segregation Cases.1
On May 31, 1956, the child’s parents petitioned the County Board of Public Instruction to organize the school districts so that, commencing with the next school term, the child would be permitted to attend the public schools under their jurisdiction on a nonsegregated basis. No such action was taken.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham Board of EducationDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1958
- Alfred Avery, Jr., a Minor, by His Mother and Next Friend, (Mrs.) Alfred Avery v. Wichita Falls Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Rippy v. BordersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by6 opinions
- United States v. Jefferson County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Armstrong v. Board Of Education Of BirminghamCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Holland v. Board of Public Instruction of Palm Beach County, FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- United States of America and Linda Stout, by Her Father and Next Friend, Blevin Stout v. Jefferson County Board of Education, United States of America v. The Board of Education of the City of Fairfield, United States of America v. The Board of Education of the City of Bessemer, United States of America v. Caddo Parish School Board, United States of America v. The Bossier Parish School Board, Margaret M. Johnson v. Jackson Parish School Board, Yvornia Decarol Banks v. Claiborne Parish School BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Armstrong v. Board of Education of BirminghamCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
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