Legal Opinion

United States v. Watson Chapel School District No. 24

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided August 11, 1971No. Nos. 20699, 71-1175, 71-1180PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LAY, Circuit Judge.

These appeals, consolidated for argument, involve (1) the propriety of the district court’s order in requiring Watson Chapel School District No. 24 to implement a H.E.W. plan for a unitary school system; (2) the district court’s order finding members of the school district guilty of civil contempt in failing to comply with the judgment of the court requiring implementation of that plan; and (3) the district court’s order finding the attorney for the school district guilty of civil contempt and barring the attorney from future conduct in derogation of the court’s decree.

We…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Green v. County School Board of New Kent CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. St. Pierre v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  4. Raney v. Board of Education of Gould School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. McDaniel v. BarresiSupreme Court of the United States · 1971

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. In Re Grand Jury Proceedings. Appeal of Robert W. Brown, WitnessCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
  2. Bramble v. BrambleNebraska Supreme Court · 2019
  3. Bramble v. BrambleNebraska Supreme Court · 2019
  4. United States v. Watson Chapel School District No. 24, United States of America v. Watson Chapel School District No. 24, United States of America v. Cotton Plant School District No. 1, in Re John Norman WarnockCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971

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