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· 4/20/1971

Davis v. Board of School Comm'rs of Mobile Cty.

Citations

  • 402 U.S. 33
  • 91 S. Ct. 1289
  • 28 L. Ed. 2d 577
  • 1971 U.S. LEXIS 53

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “Having once found a violation, the district judge or school authorities should make every effort to achieve the greatest possible degree of actual desegregation, taking into account the practicalities of the situation.”
  • Court reaffirms Swann; requires schools to have faculty ratio in each school substantially the same as in district as a whole
  • desegregation remedies must \tak(e) into account the practicalities of the situation\
  • mandating race-based assignments of pupils to schools
  • mandating race-based assignments of pupils to schools
  • remedy dependent on having found a viola tion

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Judges: Burger

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