Legal Opinion
Kelly v. Board of Education of City of Nashville
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided February 18, 1958No. Civ. A. 2094PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM E. MILLER, District Judge.
The complaint was filed September 23, 1955, as a class action, by Negro children eligible to attend the public schools of Nashville, Tennessee, by their parents as next friends, to have declared their rights to attend the public schools without discrimination on account of race and for an injunction restraining such discrimination. Named as defendants were the members of the Board of Education and the Superintendent of Schools of the city, in addition to principals of particular public schools. Additional parties were added by amendment to the complaint but…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Briggs v. ElliottDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1955
- Lionel C. Carson, an Infant, by His Next Friend, Martin A. Carsons. v. Board of Education of McDowell County, a Body CorporateCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1955
- Theodore Gibson, as Next Friend for Theodore Gibson, Jr. v. Board of Public Instruction of Dade County, FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- The School Board of the City of Newport News, Virginia, and R. O. Nelson, Division Superintendent of Schools of the City of Newport News, Virginia v. Jerome A. Atkins, the School Board of the City of Norfolk, Virginia, and J. J. Brewbaker, Division Superintendent of Schools of the City of Norfolk, Virginia v. Leola Pearl BeckettCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Gibson v. BerryhillSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Lee v. MacOn County Board of EducationDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1967
- Riley v. AmbachCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- Hall v. St. Helena Parish School BoardDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1961
- Deborah A. Northcross v. The Board of Education of the City of Memphis, Tennessee,defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1962
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