Legal Opinion
Jefferson v. Board of Education of Fayette County, Ky.
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Decided June 13, 1972No. 2309PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SWINFORD, District Judge.
The plaintiffs and those persons similarly situated have instituted this case for declaratory and other relief against the defendant, the Fayette County Board of Education. It is contended that the Board has not properly desegregated the elementary and junior high schools of the school system in accordance with the Constitution of the United States. It is argued that the elementary and junior high school systems are not unitary and that all vestiges of state imposed segregation have not been eliminated.
There are thirty-five elementary schools housing 19,517…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- 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
- Alexander v. Holmes County Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Jefferson v. Board of Education of Fayette County, KentuckyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
- Joslin v. BOARD OF EDUC. OF FAYETTE COUNTY, KY.District Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1983