Legal Opinion
Kelley v. Metropolitan County Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 15, 1988No. Nos. 85-5837, 85-5838PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.
This case originated in 1955 as a desegregation action brought by a group of black school children and their parents against the school board of Nashville, Tennessee. A similar action was filed in 1960 against the board of education of Davidson County, in which Nashville is located. The actions were consolidated, and the original defendants were replaced by the Metropolitan County Board of Education of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee (“Metro”). The subsequent history of the litigation is well set out in the district court’s opinion, reported at 615…
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Robert W. Kelley v. Metropolitan County Board of Education of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee, Defendants-Third-Party Cross v. State of Tennessee Lamar Alexander, Governor of the State of Tennessee Robert L. McElrath Commissioner of Education and State Board of Education, Third-Party Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
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- Liddell v. Board of Education of City of St. LouisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
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