Legal Opinion
Dowell v. School Board of Oklahoma City Public Schools
District Court, W.D. Oklahoma
Decided July 11, 1963No. Civ. 9452PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOHANON, District Judge.
The plaintiff, Robert L. Dowell, a Negro minor, brings this action through his father and next of friend, Dr. A. L. Dowell, alleging that they, and the members of the class of persons whom they represent who are similarly situated because of their race and color, are members of the Negro race as defined by Article XIII, Section 3, Constitution of Oklahoma, and Title 70, Oklahoma Statutes, Section 5-2, Oklahoma School Code. That the Board of Education is a body corporate, made so by the laws of Oklahoma, Title 70, O.S. Section 4-5. The jurisdiction of the Court is…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Shelley v. KraemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Hurd v. HodgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Goss v. Board of Ed. of KnoxvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Board of Ed. of Oklahoma City Public Schools v. DowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- United States v. Jefferson County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Curtis v. Oklahoma City Public Schools Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
- Lee v. Macon County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Dowell v. School Board of Oklahoma City Public SchoolsDistrict Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1965
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