Legal Opinion
Goss v. Board of Education, City of Knoxville, Tenn.
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided March 8, 1972No. Civ. A. 3984PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
ROBERT L. TAYLOR, District Judge.
This lawsuit commenced December 11, 1959, over twelve years ago. While a detailed account of its early history is set out at D.C., 270 F.Supp. 903, 904-912 (1967), a brief recitation of that history will place the issues in proper perspective.
Judicial History
On April 8, 1960, the defendant submitted a grade-a-year desegregation plan effective September, 1960. This plan was approved after an extended evidentiary hearing. D.C., 186 F.Supp. 559. That decision was modified by the Court of Appeals to require acceleration of the grade-a-year schedule.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Green v. County School Board of New Kent CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Alexander v. Holmes County Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Monroe v. Board of Commissioners of JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Davis v. Board of School Comm'rs of Mobile Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by7 opinions
- George and Carolyn Higgins v. Board of Education of the City of Grand RapidsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
- Donald Price and Melvin E. Price, Minors v. The Denison Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Josephine Goss v. The Board of Education of the City of Knoxville, TennesseeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
- Wheeler v. Durham City Board of EducationDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1974
- Donald Price and Melvin E. Price, Minors v. The Denison Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
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