Legal Opinion
Northcross v. Board of Ed. of Memphis City Schools
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 16, 1970No. 1136PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Per curiam
In 1966 the District Court for the Western District of Tennessee approved a plan of respondent Board of Education for the desegregation of the Memphis school system. In July 1968 petitioners made a motion that the court order the Board to adopt a new plan prepared with the assistance of the Title IV Center of the University of Tennessee. The Center is funded by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The 1966 plan permitted unrestricted free transfers, and petitioners desired a plan without such a provision, and one that would also provide among other things for complete faculty…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Alexander v. Holmes County Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
3Cited by51 opinions
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- Carolyn Bradley and Michael Bradley, Infants, by Minerva Bradley, Their Mother and Next Friend v. The School Board of the City of Richmond, VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
- James E. Swann, and Cross-Appellants v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, and Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1970
- United States v. The Board of School Commissioners of the City of Indianapolis, IndianaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
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