Legal Opinion
Wanner v. County School Board of Arlington County, Va.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided August 6, 1965No. Civ. A. 3630PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, District Judge.
This Court is again called upon to pass upon the validity of certain placements in the Arlington County schools. In this case twenty-five white children object to being placed in the newly created Thomas Jefferson High School for the 1965-66 school year. (Previous suits involved the placement of Negro children.) They claim the placements are arbitrary and capricious and are violative of their rights under the Constitution and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
A brief review of the litigation involving the Arlington County schools discloses that prior to the Brown decision 1…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Rachel Lynn Bell, a Minor, by Mrs. Odessa K. Bell, Her Mother, Etc. v. School City of Gary, IndianaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1963
- Briggs v. ElliottDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1955
- Warren H. Wheeler, and C. C. Spaulding, III v. The Durham City Board of Education, a Body Politic in Durham County, North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
- Brown v. Board of Education of TopekaDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1955
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Fuller v. VolkDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1966
- Broussard v. Houston Independent School DistrictDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1966