Legal Opinion
Evelyn R. Ellis, a Minor v. The Board of Public Instruction of Orange County, Florida
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 17, 1970No. 29124_1PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELL, Circuit Judge:
The issue presented in this case is whether the Orange County Florida public school system is now unitary. The answer depends on a review of the posture of the system in light of two controlling decisions of the Supreme Court. 1 In Green v. County School Board of New Kent County, 1968, 391 U.S. 430, 88 S.Ct. 1689, 20 L.Ed.2d 716, the mechanics of what must be done to bring about a unitary system were outlined. They were stated in terms of eliminating the racial identification of the schools in a dual system in six particulars: composition of student bodies, faculty, staff,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- 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
- Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Alexander v. Holmes County Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by88 opinions
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Rush Pettway, Etc. v. American Cast Iron Pipe Company, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Jose Cisneros v. Corpus Christi Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Carolyn Bradley and Michael Bradley, Infants, by Minerva Bradley, Their Mother and Next Friend v. The School Board of the City of Richmond, VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
- James E. Swann, and Cross-Appellants v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, and Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1970
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