Legal Opinion
Lee v. Macon County Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 6, 1972No. 71-3170PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYER, Circuit Judge:
The displacement of educational staff in an endless saga of school desegregation in Macon County, Alabama, has again generated a Singleton objection. Singleton v. Jackson Municipal Separate School District, 5 Cir. 1970, 419 F.2d 1211, cert. denied, 396 U.S. 1032, 90 S. Ct. 612; 24 L.Ed.2d 530. See Lee v. Macon County Bd. of Educ., 5 Cir. 1971, 453 F.2d 1104 [1971]. Finding that the remedial measures designed in Singleton to insure constitutional respect for those displaced have not been followed, we reverse.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Singleton v. Jackson Municipal Separate School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Hinds County School BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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