Legal Opinion
Medley v. School Board of Danville
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 3, 1973No. Nos. 72-2373, 72-2374PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
FIELD, Circuit Judge:
This action was instituted following a direction from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW] to the Danville Virginia School Board that it review its policy of pupil assignment in the light of Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, 402 U.S. 1, 91 S.Ct. 1267, 28 L.Ed.2d 554 (1971). In the absence of a definitive proposal by the school board for 1972-73 the District Court for the Western District of Virginia, 350 F.Supp. 34, devised a plan of desegregation which reflected to a large degree the geographical setting of the City which is divided by…
2Cases cited10 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
- Northcross v. Memphis Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Davis v. Board of School Comm'rs of Mobile Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. Jefferson County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
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