Legal Opinion
Wheeler v. Durham City Board of Education
District Court, M.D. North Carolina
Decided July 20, 1961No. C-54-D-60, C-116-D-60PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWIN M. STANLEY, Chief Judge.
These class actions, consolidated for trial, were commenced by the plaintiffs, members of the Negro race, against the Durham City Board of Education, to have declared the rights of the minor plaintiffs and the class of persons they represent to attend the public schools of the City of Durham without discrimination on account of race or color, and for injunctive relief. All the plaintiffs are citizens of the City of Durham, North Carolina, and the minor plaintiffs are all eligible to attend the Durham public schools. The adult plaintiffs are the parents or…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Briggs v. ElliottDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1955
- Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham Board of EducationDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1958
- Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham Bd. of Ed. of Jefferson Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Wheeler v. Durham City Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
- Warren H. Wheeler, and C. C. Spaulding, III v. The Durham City Board of Education, a Body Politic in Durham County, North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
- Wheeler v. Durham City Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
- Griffin v. Board of Supervisors of Prince Edward CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- Wheeler v. Durham City Board of EducationDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1962
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