Legal Opinion
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 7, 1971No. 281PublishedCited by 2,179 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
We granted certiorari in this case to review important issues as to the duties of school authorities and the scope of powers of federal courts under this Court's mandates to eliminate racially separate public schools established and maintained by state action. Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U. S. 483 (1954) (Brown I).
This case and those argued with it 1 arose in States having a long history of maintaining two sets of schools in a single school system deliberately operated to carry out a governmental policy to separate pupils in schools solely on the basis of race. That was what Brown v.…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Green v. County School Board of New Kent CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Hecht Co. v. BowlesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Griffin v. School Bd. of Prince Edward Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
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- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Rizzo v. GoodeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. FeeneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Bradley v. School Bd. of RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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