Legal Opinion
Berry v. Sch. Dist. of City of Benton Harbor
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided May 1, 1981No. C.A. 9PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND REMEDIAL ORDERS
DOUGLAS W. HILLMAN, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
This is a school desegregation action involving three local school districts in Berrien County, Michigan. Berrien County is located in the southwestern corner of Michigan, bounded on the west by Lake Michigan and on the south by the Indiana border. The county’s population is approximately 172,000. Twenty-five percent of that population lives in three principal cities of Benton Harbor, St. Joseph, and Niles. Benton Harbor, with a population of approximately 15,000 is the largest city.
The Benton Harbor Area School…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- San Antonio Independent School District v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- 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
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Liddell v. MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- 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
- Tasby v. WrightDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1981
- United States v. Board of Educ. of City of ChicagoDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1984
- Barbara Jean Berry v. School District of the City of Benton Harbor, William G. Milliken, Governor of the State of MichiganCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
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