Legal Opinion
Norwood v. Harrison
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided April 17, 1972No. Civ. A. WC 70-53-KPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:
I
The Nature of the Case
This suit, a class action by Negro children attending the public schools, is brought through their parents as next friends.
The defendants are the members of the Mississippi State Textbook Purchasing Board and the Executive Secretary of that Board.
The gravamen of the complaint is that:
“Under the laws of the State of Mississippi, defendants select, purchase, distribute, loan and otherwise dispose of textbooks, in behalf of the State of Mississippi, for the use of children enrolled in the elementary and secondary schools in the…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. CampSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Abington School Dist. v. SchemppSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Norwood v. HarrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- National Black Police Association, Inc. v. Richard W. VeldeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- Norwood v. HarrisonDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1976
- Wright v. ReganCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- United States v. State of Mississippi (Smith County School District), Sylvarena Baptist AcademyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
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