Legal Opinion
McFarland Ex Rel. McFarland v. Jefferson County Public Schools
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided June 29, 2004No. CIV.A. 3:02CV-620-HPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
HEYBURN, Chief Judge.
For twenty-five years, the Jefferson County Public Schools (“JCPS” or “the Board”) maintained an integrated school system under a 1975 federal court decree. After release from that decree four years ago, the JCPS elected to continue its integrated schools through a managed choice plan that includes broad racial guidelines (“the 2001 Plan”). This case arises because some students and their parents say that the Board’s student assignment plan violates their rights under the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution. 1
The occasion of the…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- San Antonio Independent School District v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Plyler v. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Bolling v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1Supreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Comfort v. Lynn School CommitteeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
- Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District, No. 1Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
- Teague ex rel. T.T. v. Arkansas Board of EducationDistrict Court, W.D. Arkansas · 2012
- McFarland ex rel. McFarland v. Jefferson County Public SchoolsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2005
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