Legal Opinion
Ross v. Houston Independent School District
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 6, 1978No. 78-1576PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge:
The principal issue in the present appeal of the Houston, Texas public school desegregation case is whether the district court correctly held that the fourteenth amendment prohibits the partition of the school district while it remains in the process of desegregation.1
The Westheimer area of Houston is an affluent residential and commercial section on the city’s western edge. In the fall of 1971, some persons living in the Westheimer area began working to create the Westh-eimer Independent School District (WISD) as a separate educational unit. The district as…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Wright v. Council of EmporiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. Scotland Neck City Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Westheimer Independent School District v. BrocketteTexas Supreme Court · 1978
- Ross v. Houston Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Delores Ross, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant v. Robert Y. Eckels, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Evans v. BuchananDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1981
- Smith Ex Rel. Smith v. Sch. Bd. of Concordia ParishCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2018
- Coalition to Preserve Houston v. Interim Board of Trustees of Westheimer Independent School DistrictDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1980
- Linda Stout v. Gardendale City Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2018
- Delores Ross, Plaintiffs-Cross-Defendants-Appellees, United States of America, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Cross-Defendants-Appellees v. Houston Independent School District, Defendants-Cross-Defendants-Appellees v. Westheimer Independent School District, Defendants-Cross-Plaintiffs Andthird Party v. The Coalition to Preserve Houston and the Houston Independent School Districtet Al., Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
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