Legal Opinion
Kelley v. METROPOLITAN CTY. BD. OF ED. OF NASHVILLE
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided February 23, 1983No. 2094, 2956PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
WISEMAN, District Judge.
I. Background
This lawsuit to compel desegregation of the Nashville school system was originally filed in 1955. The long history of this litigation is summarized in Kelley v. Metropolitan City Board of Education, 492 F.Supp. 167, 168-78 (M.D.Tenn.1980), and need not be repeated here. The current phase of the litigation involves four distinct topics: (1) pupil assignment; (2) teacher and staff assignment; (3) plaintiffs’ request for attorney’s fees; and (4) plaintiffs’ petition for contempt against defendant school board. The pupil assignment plan took…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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3Cited by5 opinions
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