Legal Opinion
Pitts v. Board of Trustees of De Witt Special School Dist. No. 1
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided July 8, 1949No. Civ. 1856PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEMLEY, District Judge.
This is a suit in equity brought by the plaintiffs, Frank Pitts, et al., Negro citizens and taxpayers residing within the territorial limits of the De Witt Special School District No. 1 of Arkansas County, Arkansas, against the members of the Board of Directors (termed in the .bill “Board of Trustees”) of said school district, the President and Secretary of said Board, and the Superintendent of Schools of said district, for the purpose of requiring the defendants to furnish elementary and high school facilities for Negro students in the district substantially equal to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Plessy v. FergusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Colegrove v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Missouri Ex Rel. Gaines v. CanadaSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Sipuel v. Board of Regents of Univ. of Okla.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Little Rock School District v. Pulaski County Special School District No. 1Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Butler v. WilemonDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1949
- Garrett v. FaubusSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1959
- Brown v. Board of Education of DeWitt School District No. 1District Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1966
- Garrett v. FaubusSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1959
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