Legal Opinion
United States v. Emmett W. Farrar
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 14, 1969No. 27125_1PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:
On June 2,1967, pursuant to the model decree formulated by this Court in United States v. Jefferson County Board of Education, 1 the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi issued an order requiring school officials in the Noxubee County School District to institute a freedom of choice plan whereunder parents would be given a 30-day period in which they could elect. to enroll their children at traditionally white or Negro schools. Subsequently, the United States moved for a contempt order against these school officials for violating the…
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- Avery v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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