Legal Opinion

Warren H. Wheeler, and C. C. Spaulding, III v. The Durham City Board of Education, a Body Politic in Durham County, North Carolina

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided June 1, 1965No. 9630PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOREMAN, Circuit Judge.

For a third time these consolidated cases involving desegregation of the public schools of Durham, North Carolina, are here on appeal. The actions were begun in 1960. In July, 1961, the District Court found 1 that the Durham City Board of Education (hereinafter “Board”) operates a dual system of attendance areas based on race but refused to consider the case as a class action and entered no injunction, although directing the Board to reconsider the school placements of certain plaintiffs who were found to have exhausted all administrative remedies. Subsequently, in…

2Cases cited10 opinions

Board of Public Instruction of Duval County, Florida v. Daly N. Braxton and Sharon Braxton, Minors, by Sadie Braxton, Their Mother Andnext FriendCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
Bradley v. School Board of City of Richmond, VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
Jeffers v. WhitleyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
Wheeler v. Durham City Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
Gilliam v. School Board Of The City Of Hopewell, VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965

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3Cited by33 opinions

United States v. Jefferson County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
Onesephor Broussard v. The Houston Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
Chambers v. Hendersonville City Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
Wheeler v. Durham City Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
Brewer v. School Board Of City Of NorfolkCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968

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