Legal Opinion
Barksdale v. Springfield School Committee
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided January 19, 1965No. Civ. A. 64-8-SPublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWEENEY, Chief Judge.
This class action was brought in behalf of the minor negro children who reside in the City of Springfield, Massachusetts. They seek 1) a declaratory judgment that the defendants, by assigning plaintiffs to racially segregated schools, are denying to the plaintiffs their rights under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and 2) an injunction to bar the defendants from continuing to violate these rights.
The Springfield school system is composed of fifty schools, including four high schools, grades 9-12 (which are not involved in this action);…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Rachel Lynn Bell, a Minor, by Mrs. Odessa K. Bell, Her Mother, Etc. v. School City of Gary, IndianaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1963
- Jackson v. Pasadena City School DistrictCalifornia Supreme Court · 1963
- Taylor v. Board of Education of City School District of New RochelleDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1961
- Blocker v. Board of Education of Manhasset, New YorkDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1964
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3Cited by28 opinions
- United States v. Jefferson County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Hobson Ex Rel. Hobson v. HansenDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1967
- Tina Deal v. The Cincinnati Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1966
- Uniontown Area School District v. Pennsylvania Human Relations CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- San Francisco Unified School District v. JohnsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1971
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