Legal Opinion
Donald Price and Melvin E. Price, Minors by Their Father and Next Friend, Jesse Price v. The Denison Independent School District Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 2, 1965No. 21632_1PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal on behalf of Negro school children questions the District Court’s decision sustaining the adequacy of the Denison, Texas grade-a-year, stair-step plan of desegregation 1 voluntarily instituted, without threat of lawsuit, on June 23, 1963. For reasons set forth, we vacate the judgment and remand the case to enable the School Board to submit a substantially stepped-up plan under the guidance of the District Court.
Up to spring of 1963 Denison maintained a dual-zoned, totally segregated school system. 2 On June 24, 1963, the Board in good faith passed the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Griffin v. School Bd. of Prince Edward Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Karen Renee Augustus, a Minor, by Charles A. Augustus, Her Father, and Next Friend v. The Board of Public Instruction of Escambia County, FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Watson v. City of MemphisSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Goss v. Board of Ed. of KnoxvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Board of Public Instruction of Duval County, Florida v. Daly N. Braxton and Sharon Braxton, Minors, by Sadie Braxton, Their Mother Andnext FriendCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by28 opinions
- United States v. Jefferson County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Willie B. Brooks v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Smith v. Board of Education of Morrilton School District No. 32Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
- Derek Jerome Singleton, Minor, by Mrs. Edna Marie Singleton, His Mother the Next Friend v. Jackson Municipal Separate School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Dossie Wayne Kemp v. Leroy BeasleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
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