Legal Opinion
Little Rock School District v. Pulaski County Special School District No. 1
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 12, 1990No. Nos. 89-2288, 89-2289, 89-2352 to 89-2354, 90-1165 to 90-1167, 90-1579 and 90-1580PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
We have before us another chapter in the Little Rock school desegregation case, in the form of ten separate appeals from various orders of the District Court. The case has its roots in the 1950’s, when the Supreme Court definitively announced that public opposition to desegregation of the races, no matter how deeply entrenched, could not be allowed to interfere with the full realization of the constitutional rights of black citizens. Cooper v. Aaron, 358 U.S. 1, 78 S.Ct. 1401, 3 L.Ed.2d 5 (1958).
The present phase of the case began in 1982, when the Little Rock School…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. Swift & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Cooper v. AaronSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Milliken v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Frances Kern v. Txo Production CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Appeal of Little Rock School District, Pulaski County Special School District No. 1, North Little Rock School District, and Mrs. Lorene JoshuaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
- Little Rock School District v. Pulaski County Special School District No. 1District Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1991
- Little Rock School District v. Pulaski County Special School District No. 1District Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1991
- Jenkins ex rel. Agyei v. MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
- Little Rock School District v. Pulaski County Special School District, 1Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
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