Legal Opinion
Jenkins v. Missouri
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 5, 1986No. Nos. 85-1765, 85-1949, 85-1974 and 85-2077PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
This case arises from claims of unconstitutional racial segregation of school children in the Kansas City metropolitan area. After trial, the district court1 imposed an intradistrict remedy against the Kansas City, Missouri School District (KCMSD) and the State of Missouri with the State bearing approximately three-fourths of the cost. The district court found that the KCMSD and the State had not eradicated vestiges of the racially segregated dual school system once required under state law in violation of the Constitution. The claim for interdistrict relief in…
2Cases cited52 opinions
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- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by55 opinions
- Missouri v. Jenkins Ex Rel. AgyeiSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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- Missouri v. JenkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Jenkins v. State Of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
- Jenkins v. State of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
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