Legal Opinion
Ross v. Houston Independent School District
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 8, 1977No. Nos. 77-1069, 77-1843, 77-1367 and 77-2281PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BY THE COURT:
It is hard for the parties to remember and impossible for others to comprehend how the procedural matrix behind this school desegregation appeal became so complex. A considerable part of our appellate effort has been expended in unwinding the tangled skein, so that the basic issues posed may be decided.
The action was originally filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas against the Houston Independent School District (HISD) by the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund in 1956. As a result of this suit, HISD has been operating under a series of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Baggett v. BullittSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Wright v. Council of EmporiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. Scotland Neck City Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- 9 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1122, 7 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 9412 Derek Jerome Singleton v. Jackson Municipal Separate School District, No. 26285. Clarence Anthony v. Marshall County Board of Education, No. 28261. United States of America v. Charles F. Mathews, No. 28045. Linda Stout, by Her Father and Next Friend Blevin Stout, Plaintiffs- United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. Jefferson County Board of Education, Doris Elaine Brown, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. The Board of Education of the City of Bessemer, No. 28350. Birdie Mae Davis, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County, Twila Frazier, Defendants-Intervenor-Appellees. No. 28349. Robert Carter v. West Feliciana Parish School Board, Sharon Lynne George v. C. Walter Davis, President, East Feliciana Parish School Board, No. 28340. Irma J. Smith v. Concordia Parish School Board, No. 28342. Hemon Harris, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross v. St. John the Baptist Parish School Board, Defendants-Appellees-Cross No. 28361. Neely Bennett v. R. E. Evans, Allene Patricia Ann Bennett, a Minor, by R. B. Bennett, Her Father and Next Friend v. Burke County Board of Education, No. 28409. Shirley Bivins v. Bibb County Board of Education and Orphanage for Bibb County ., No. 28407. Oscar C. Thomie, Jr. v. Houston County Board of Education, No. 28408. Jean Carolyn Youngblood, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. The Board of Public Instruction of Bay County, Florida, Defendants- No. 27863. Lavon Wright v. The Board of Public Instruction of Alachua County, Florida, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Elizabeth B. Duncan v. David B. PoythressCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Westheimer Independent School District v. BrocketteTexas Supreme Court · 1978
- Madalyn Murray O'Hair and Society of Separationists, Inc. v. Mark WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Sims v. STATE DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE, ETC.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1977
- Samuel Gibson, III v. George L. Jackson, Individually and as Superior Court Judge of Jones County, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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