· 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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