Legal Opinion
Arlene Flax, Etc. v. W.S. Potts
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 26, 1989No. 88-1188PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal we must evaluate the circumstances under which a desegregation plan may be altered to eliminate busing in a school district which has not been declared unitary but which has operated an approved desegregation plan effectively for a number of years. Specifically, plaintiffs appeal a district court’s decision that modified the Fort Worth Independent School District’s (FWISD) Desegregation Plan by terminating the remaining busing of some 1233 elementary students for desegregation purposes. 680 F.Supp. 820. We affirm the district court’s decision,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Milliken v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Milliken v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Dayton Board of Education v. BrinkmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Arlene Flax, Etc. v. W.S. Potts, Fort Worth Independent School District, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Flax v. PottsDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1989
- Brown v. Board Of Education Of TopekaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
- Price v. Austin Independent School DistrictDistrict Court, W.D. Texas · 1990
- Brown v. Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989