Legal Opinion
Johnson v. San Francisco Unified School District
District Court, N.D. California
Decided July 9, 1971No. C-70 1331PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION, JUDGMENT AND DECREE
WEIGEL, District Judge.
Governing Legal Principles
More than seventeen years ago, a unanimous decision of the United States Supreme Court made it clear that racial discrimination in public education violates the Constitution of the United States. Today it is established beyond all question that any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental agency (whether federal, state, county or city) requiring or furthering such discrimination violates the Constitution of the United States. The cases so holding are legion. They have been handed down, not only…
2Cases cited57 opinions
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Lau v. NicholsSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Michelle Oliver v. Michigan State Board of Education, and Kalamazooboard of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Texas Education Agency (Austin Independent School District)Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Jose Cisneros v. Corpus Christi Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Morgan v. HenniganDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1974
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