Adams v. Mathews
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
In Jefferson1 this Court read Brown 2 to mean that school boards have an “affirmative duty” to reorganize their school districts into a “unitary, nonracial system” 3 and to eradicate all vestiges of the dual system of segregated schools. In Jefferson we approved “freedom of choice” plans — if such plans are effective. We recognized, however, that at best freedom of choice plans have “serious shortcomings” 4 and *187are appropriate only as “a means to the end” of complete disestablishment of the former system of de jure segregated schools.5 We pointed out, “The only school…
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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
- Green v. County School Board of New Kent CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Monroe v. Board of Commissioners of JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. Jefferson County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by54 opinions
- United States v. Greenwood Municipal Separate School District, Greenwood Municipal Separate School District v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Hinds County School BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Rebecca E. Henry v. The Clarksdale Municipal Separate School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Hall v. St. Helena Parish School BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Plaquemines Parish School Board v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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