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Dimond, Paul R. – Inequality in Education, 1971
Describes recent court actions that have held segregation in northern schools to be in violation of the 14th Amendment. (JF)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, De Facto Segregation, School Desegregation, School Law
Download full textHudgins, H. C., Jr. – 1973
In this monograph, the author presents a history of court decisions that outlawed public school segregation, reviews these decisions, and examines the problems of decision implementation that followed. The texts of some of the opinions delivered by the various courts are presented. Various relevant concepts are also set out in the context of their…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Bus Transportation, Court Litigation, De Facto Segregation
Southern Education Reporting Service, Nashville, TN. – 1968
This report examines the status of school desegregation efforts in Southern and Border States immediately before and after the May 1968 U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that school districts must abandon ineffective freedom-of-choice plans. Separate sections devoted to events in each state contain specific detail describing the political, legislative,…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Action, Court Litigation, Discriminatory Legislation
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1966
A 1966 report of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights deals with the status of school desegregation standards under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The document reviews the judicial context of the rate and method of desegregation and describes the statement of policies issued by the U.S. Office of Education (OE). Also included are…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Court Litigation, Desegregation Methods, Federal Aid
Smedley, T. A. – Race Relations Reporter, 1973
Reviews the activity of the Supreme Court and of a number of lower federal courts encouraged by the attitude expressed by the Supreme Court in the 1971 Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education case; and the various forms of opposition to busing. (JM)
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Constitutional History, Court Litigation, Desegregation Litigation
Uchitelle, Susan – New Schools, New Communities, 1996
The experience of St. Louis (Missouri) has shown that desegregation has fueled educational reform, and that it is important for communities to understand its benefits in order to work toward maintaining the components that have benefited all children, regardless of race. The interdistrict transfer program has been largely successful. (SLD)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Desegregation Methods, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Garber, Lee O.; Reutter, E. Edmund, Jr. – Yearbook Sch Law 1969, 1969
Chapter 8
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, De Facto Segregation
Research Atlanta, Inc., GA. – 1973
On February 22, 1973, attorneys for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Atlanta Board of Education filed a compromise desegregation plan with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. If the Court approves, this compromise will constitute the final desegregation plan for the Atlanta Public…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Methods, Desegregation Plans
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on the Judiciary. – 1972
This document comprises eight federal court decisions pertinent to public school desegregation: (1) "Brown v. Board of Education," 347 U.S. 483 (1954); Mr. Chief Justice Warren delivered the opinion of the Supreme Court; (2) "Bolling v. Sharpe," 374 U.S. 497 (1954); Mr. Chief Justice Warren delivered the opinion of the Supreme…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Constitutional History, Court Litigation, Desegregation Litigation
District Court, Houston, TX. Southern District of Texas. – 1975
On June 1, 1970 The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, entered its Memorandum and Order requiring the Houston Independent School District to operate its schools beginning with the 1970-71 school year under an equi-distant zoning plan. The pairings and rezoning as finally ordered were fully…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Methods
McKay, Robert B. – 1975
Congressional attempts to curb the power of the Federal courts in the area of school desegregation date largely from the Supreme Court's decision in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education in 1971. It is a response to the court's approval in that case of busing as a remedy that may in some circumstances be used to alleviate the effects…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Constitutional History, Court Litigation, Desegregation Litigation
Nakahara, Vernon K. – 1971
What the legal responsibilities are surrounding school integration, and areas of desegregation in which the courts themselves appear to be unsure and confused can be determined by examining the numerous court decisions on problems related to school desegregation. It seems clear that delays under the "all deliberate speed" doctrine, or by other…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Court Litigation, De Facto Segregation, Desegregation Litigation
Peer reviewedSmith, Angela G. – Journal of Law and Education, 1995
Explains and analyzes open-enrollment plans, current open-enrollment legislation, and the Omaha (Nebraska) School District's attempt to balance goals of integration and open enrollment. Provides recommendations for educational and legislative reform in the area of public school choice. (198 references) (MLF)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Court Litigation, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
District Court, New York, NY. Eastern District of New York. – 1974
Plaintiffs are students enrolled in Franklin K. Lane High School, and they sue on behalf of all others similarly situated for an adjudication that their school has been so zoned as to make and keep it a segregated school in spite of its location. They moved to enjoin further enforcement of the school's zoning. The board moved for summary judgment.…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Court Litigation, De Facto Segregation, De Jure Segregation
