Legal Opinion
NAACP, Jacksonville Branch v. Duval County School
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 19, 2001No. 99-12049PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HILL, Circuit Judge:
Forty-one years ago, this litigation began. The original complaint sought the desegregation of the Duval County, Florida school system. Five district court judges have presided over the case since *962its inception, and, four times, two different circuit courts of appeals have been asked to review one of their decisions.1 In this fifth appeal, we must decide whether the present district court correctly determined that this litigation should come to an end because the school system has achieved unitary status. We agree with the district court that the answer is “yes.”
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2Cases cited22 opinions
- 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
- Milliken v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Keyes v. School Dist. No. 1, DenverSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Shernika Holton v. City of Thomasville SchoolCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2005
- United States v. Philip N. AnticoCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2019
- Ronda Everett v. Pitt County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2015
- Taylor Ziegler v. Martin County School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2016
- Fisher v. Tucson Unified School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011
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