Legal Opinion
Northcross v. Board of Education of Memphis City Schools
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 29, 1972No. Nos. 72-1630 and 72-1631PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judge.
These appeals represent another installment of an already lengthy serial: “The Desegregation of the Memphis Public School System.” The initial chapter of this story was written in 1960 when Plaintiffs first sought to apply the principles of Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483, 74 S.Ct. 686, 98 L.Ed. 873 (1954) [Brown I] and 349 U. S. 294, 75 S.Ct. 753, 99 L.Ed. 1083 (1955) [Brown 77] to Memphis’ de jure segregated school system. Since that time various aspects of this desegregation suit have been before the United States District Court for the Western District…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- 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
- Carter v. Jury Comm'n of Greene Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Newburg Area Council, Inc. v. Board of Education of Jefferson County, Kentucky, John L. Haycraft v. Board of Education of Louisville, KentuckyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
- James Jonathan Mapp, and Cross-Appellees v. The Board of Education of the City of Chattanooga, Etc., and Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
- Robert W. Kelley v. Metropolitan County Board of Education of Nashville and Davidson County, TennesseeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982
- Josephine Goss v. The Board of Education of the City of Knoxville, TennesseeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
- Deborah A. Northcross v. Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools, Deborah A. Northcross, Plaintiffs-Cross-Appellants v. Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools, Defendants-Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1972
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