Legal Opinion
Brown v. Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 11, 1989No. 87-1668PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.
“[OJnce you begin the process of segregation, it has its own inertia. It continues on without enforcement.” 1 This comment by one expert on segregation in schools succinctly summarizes the state of affairs in Topeka. As a former de jure segregated school system, Topeka has long labored under the duty to eliminate the consequences of its prior state-imposed separation of races. Brown v. Board of Educ., 349 U.S. 294, 75 S.Ct. 753, 99 L.Ed. 1083 (1955). The district court concluded that Topeka has fulfilled that duty, and that the school system is now unitary. Because we…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Regents of the University of California v. BakkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Green v. County School Board of New Kent CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Carmela Mares v. Conagra Poultry Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992
- Wilfred Keyes, and Congress of Hispanic Educators, Plaintiffs/intervenors-Appellees v. School District No. 1, Denver, ColoradoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
- People Who Care v. Rockford Board of Education, School District No. 205Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- Stanley v. Darlington County School DistrictDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1995
- Brown v. Board Of Education Of TopekaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
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