Legal Opinion
United States v. Texas
District Court, E.D. Texas
Decided January 12, 1981No. Civ. A. No. 5281PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JUSTICE, Chief Judge.
I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY.
This civil action was instituted by the United States on March 6, 1970. The complaint charged that the defendant State of Texas and its agents, including the Texas Education Agency (hereinafter referred to as “TEA”), had created and maintained nine all-Black school districts throughout the state and had failed to provide equal educational opportunity without regard to race. The complaint further alleged that the State of Texas, through the TEA—as the chief supervisory body of public education in Texas and as the disburser of state…
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3Cited by7 opinions
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