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NORTHCROSS v. BD. OF EDUCATION

No. 1136.

397 U.S. 232 (1970)

90 S.Ct. 891

25 L.Ed.2d 246

NORTHCROSS ET AL. v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, CITY SCHOOLS ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 9, 1970

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Greenberg and James M. Nabrit III for petitioners.

Jack Petree for respondents.

PER CURIAM.

In 1966 the District Court for the Western District of Tennessee approved a plan of respondent Board of Education for the desegregation of the Memphis school system. In July 1968 petitioners made a motion that the court order the Board to adopt a new plan prepared with the assistance of the Title IV Center of the University of Tennessee. The Center is funded by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare...

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