United States v. Jefferson County Board of Education

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1966-12-29

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WISDOM, Circuit Judge: Once again the Court is called upon to review school desegregation plans to determine whether the plans meet constitutional standards. The distinctive feature of these cases, consolidated on appeal, is that they also require us to reexamine school desgregation standards in the light of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Guidelines of the United States Office of Education, Department of Health, Educat…

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