Legal Opinion
Mapp v. BD. OF EDUC. OF CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided March 12, 1986No. Civ. A. 3564PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
EDGAR, District Judge.
This school desegregation suit is now nearly 26 years old. After extensive litigation the Chattanooga Board of Education, at the direction of the Court, adopted an amended desegregation plan (herein the “Plan”) on June 16, 1971. The goal of this Plan was to eliminate from the Chattanooga public schools all vestiges of state-imposed segregation and to create a unitary school system in which racial discrimination would be eliminated root and branch.
On July 26,1971, this Court, through The Honorable Frank W. Wilson, held that the contents of the Plan reached the…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Mapp v. Board of EducationDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1986