Legal Opinion
Theodore Gibson, as Next Friend for Theodore Gibson, Jr. v. Board of Public Instruction of Dade County, Florida
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 29, 1957No. 16482_1PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
Negro children eligible to attend the public schools of Dade County, Florida, by their parents as next friends, filed a class action alleging irreparable injury and deprivation of their constitutional rights by the Board of Public Instruction and the Superintendent of Public Schools of that County. The complaint averred that each of the children seeks admission to the public schools of the County without racial segregation; that the defendants maintain and supervise such schools “under a system which provides certain schools for the education of white children only and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Orleans Parish School Board v. Earl Benjamin BushCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- The School Board of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, and Fendall R. Ellis, Division Superintendent of Schools of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia v. Doris Marie Allen, County School Board of Arlington County, Virginia, and T. Edward Rutter, Division Superintendent of Schools, Arlington County, Virginia v. Clarissa S. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1957
- Bush v. Orleans Parish School BoardDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1956
3Cited by37 opinions
- Potts v. FlaxCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Baldwin v. MorganCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- Deborah A. Northcross v. The Board of Education of the City of Memphis, Tennessee,defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1962
- Theodore Gibson, as Next Friend for Theodore Gibson, Jr. v. Board of Public Instruction of Dade County, FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Kelly v. Board of Education of City of NashvilleDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1958
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