Legal Opinion
Theodore Gibson, as Next Friend for Theodore Gibson, Jr. v. Board of Public Instruction of Dade County, Florida
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 24, 1959No. 17814_1PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Chief Judge.
This action, filed June 12, 1956, sought a judgment declaring Article 12, Section 12 of the Constitution of the State of Florida, F.S.A., and Section 228.09, Florida Statutes Annotated to be violative of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. That much has been conceded by the defendants from the beginning. The complaint further prayed that the Board of Public-Instruction be ordered to desegregate-the public schools of Dade County and be enjoined from requiring the plaintiffs and other Negroes of school age to attend or not to attend particular…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Cooper v. AaronSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham Board of EducationDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1958
- Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham Bd. of Ed. of Jefferson Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Karen Renee Augustus, a Minor, by Charles A. Augustus, Her Father, and Next Friend v. The Board of Public Instruction of Escambia County, FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- United States v. Jefferson County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Hobson Ex Rel. Hobson v. HansenDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1967
- Potts v. FlaxCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Andrew L. Mannings, a Minor, by His Father and Next Friend, Willie M. Mannings v. Board of Public Instruction of Hillsborough County, FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
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