Legal Opinion
Bell v. School City of Gary, Indiana
District Court, N.D. Indiana
Decided January 29, 1963No. Civ. 3346PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAMER, District Judge.
This is a declaratory judgment action brought by approximately 100 minor Negro children, enrolled in the public schools in Gary, Indiana. The action is brought by and on behalf of the plaintiffs and all others who are similarly situated, against the School City of Gary, Gary, Indiana.
The plaintiffs present three principal questions which they ask the Court to determine:
1. Whether the defendant, by assigning plaintiffs and the other members of the class to certain schools, by creating attendance zones, by controlling transfers from school to school, by controlling…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Taylor v. Board of Education of City School District of New RochelleDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1961
- Branche v. Board of Education of Town of HempsteadDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1962
- Brown v. Board of Education of TopekaDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1955
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3Cited by40 opinions
- United States v. Jefferson County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Uniontown Area School District v. Pennsylvania Human Relations CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Rachel Lynn Bell, a Minor, by Mrs. Odessa K. Bell, Her Mother, Etc. v. School City of Gary, IndianaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1963
- Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission v. Chester School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- Booker v. Board of Education of City of PlainfieldSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1965
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