Legal Opinion
Adams v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 3, 1980No. Nos. 79-1468, 79-1470, 79-1471, 79-1477 and 79-1486PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by LAY, Chief Judge, and HEANEY, BRIGHT, ROSS, STEPHENSON, HENLEY and McMILLI-AN, Circuit Judges.
Prior to 1865, Missouri prohibited the creation or maintenance of schools for 'teaching black children to read or write. In 1865, the state legislature passed laws requiring that separate schools be established for black students. The substance of this legislation was incorporated in the Missouri Constitution of 1945. Separate schools were maintained by the St. Louis Board of Education pursuant to the legislation and the state constitution.
Ninety years after Missouri first…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Shelley v. KraemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Green v. County School Board of New Kent CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Liddell v. MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- Craton Liddell v. State of Missouri, Craton Liddell v. City of St. Louis, Plaintiff-Intervenor/appellant. In Re City of St. Louis, Paul Berra and Ronald A. LeggettCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- Jenkins v. State of Mo.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1986
- Ronald Bradley v. William G. Milliken, Governor, and Board of Education of the School District of the City of DetroitCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
- Virgie Lee Valley, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee v. Rapides Parish School Board, and Clyde Holloway, Intervenors-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
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