Legal Opinion
Black Students of North Fort Myers Jr.-Sr. High School ex rel. Shoemaker v. Williams
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided September 29, 1970No. 70-4 Civ. Ft. MPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMARY JUDGMENT
KRENTZMAN, District Judge.
This is a class action pursuant to Rule 23(a), (b) (2), F.R.Civ.P., the class consisting of all black high school students enrolled at North Fort Myers Junior-Senior High School who were suspended by defendants on February 12, 1970. The Court has jurisdiction under the terms of 28 U.S.C. § 1343.
The complaint seeks injunctive relief as authorized by 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to restrain the enforcement of a policy established by defendants which is alleged to call for the automatic suspension of students who seek to redress their grievances by means of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- St. John Dixon v. Alabama State Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Soglin v. KauffmanDistrict Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 1968
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Braxton v. Municipal CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1973
- Tyrone Williams, by His Next Friend, James Ingraham, for Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. The Dade County School BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Black Students of North Fort Myers Jr.-Sr. High School ex rel. Shoemaker v. WilliamsDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1972
- Black Students of North Fort Myers Jr.-Sr. High School v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- BLACK STUDENTS, ETC., EX REL. SHOEMAKER v. WilliamsDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1972
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