Legal Opinion
George and Carolyn Higgins v. Board of Education of the City of Grand Rapids
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 6, 1974No. 73-2198PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM E. MILLER, Circuit Judge.
This school desegregation case was initiated in 1970 as a class action by black students and their parents against the Grand Rapids Board of Education. 1 Upon motion of the defendant, the court ordered the joinder of 11 suburban school districts to afford them a- complete hearing on all issues in the event inter-district bussing was to be decreed. 2 Certain state defendants were added by a subsequent amended complaint.
A trial was held on all issues except remedy, consuming 27 trial days of hearings. Evidence was heard on the plaintiffs’ charges that the Grand…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Shelley v. KraemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Milliken v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Keyes v. School Dist. No. 1, DenverSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Monroe v. Board of Commissioners of JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by70 opinions
- United States v. Yonkers Board of EducationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1985
- Liddell v. MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- Mona Bronson v. Board of Education of the City School District of Cincinnati, Its Members, Etal.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
- Craton Liddell v. State of Missouri, Craton Liddell v. City of St. Louis, Plaintiff-Intervenor/appellant. In Re City of St. Louis, Paul Berra and Ronald A. LeggettCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- Amos v. Board of School Directors of City of MilwaukeeDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1976
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