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Birdie Mae Davis, Appellants-Cross United States of America, Appellants-Cross v. Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County, Appellees-Cross

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 20, 1969No. 27491_1PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Per curiam

In No. 26,886 the District Court on July 29, 1968, entered an order formulating attendance zone lines for grades 1-8 in the city portion of the Mobile School System, adopted freedom of choice in the high school system, permitted transfer from a school into which a student was zoned if the student was in a racial minority of less than five percent, and continued a freedom of choice plan in the rural areas.

In Nos. 27,260 and 27,491 the District Court on December 20, 1968, and March 14, 1969, approved construction plans for the Howard and Toulminville schools respectively.

We consolidated and…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Green v. County School Board of New Kent CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Monroe v. Board of Commissioners of JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. United States v. Jefferson County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
  4. Goss v. Board of Ed. of KnoxvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1963

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Davis v. Board of School Comm'rs of Mobile Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Berry v. School Dist. of Benton HarborDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1977
  3. Davis v. Board of School Commissioners of Mobile CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  4. National Ass'n for Advancement of Colored People v. Lansing Board of EducationDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1976
  5. Berry v. School District of City of Benton HarborDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1978

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