Legal Opinion
Bell v. School Board of Powhatan County, Virginia
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 29, 1963No. 8944PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.
The School Board of Powhatan County, Virginia, maintains only two schools. One is called the Powhatan School, and is designated for white pupils and staffed exclusively by white personnel. The other, known as the Pocahontas School, is designated for Negro pupils and staffed exclusively by Negroes. Each school accommodates all of the County’s high school and elementary pupils of the race which it serves. This segregation of the races has been traditional in the County and has not been altered to any degree since the decisions of the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- McNeese v. Board of Education for Community Unit School District 187 CahokiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Vaughan v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- ROLAX Et Al. v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE R. CO. Et Al.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Alexander Kahan, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Lewis RosenstielCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Unida v. VolpeDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1972
- Brewer v. The School Board Of The City Of Norfolk, VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
- Bradley v. School Board of City of Richmond, VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
- 9 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1111, 1 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 9852 Mrs. Elvira S. Rolfe and Mrs. Bernice L. Peebles v. County Board of Education of Lincoln County Tennessee. Etc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1968
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