Legal Opinion
Riddick v. School Board of Norfolk
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 6, 1986No. 84-1815PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIDENER, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs, Paul R. Riddick and others, appeal the district court’s refusal to invalidate a new pupil assignment plan for the elementary schools (grades K-6) of the City of Norfolk. 627 F.Supp. 814. Under the new assignment plan, mandatory crosstown busing, required at first by court order in 1971, is abolished. In its place, students are assigned in most instances to neighborhood schools, with a transfer provision with free transportation for minority students who desire it.1 Plaintiffs contend that adoption of the new assignment plan was racially motivated and…
2Cases cited50 opinions
- Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Allen v. McCurrySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Montana v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Riddick v. School Board Of The City Of NorfolkCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1986
- Dowell v. Board of Education of the Oklahoma City Public Schools, Independent District No. 89District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1987
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- Maurice G. Deloach, a Minor by His Parents, Glen M. And Alecia Deloach v. Companhia De Navegacao Lloyd Brasileiro, in 85-1200. And Maurice G. Deloach, a Minor by His Parents, Glen M. And Alecia Deloach v. Markim Crane Rental, a Division of Marvin Group, Inc., in 85-1517Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986