Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education, No. 632

CourtUnited States Supreme Court
Writing for the CourtPER CURIAM
Citation396 U.S. 19,90 S.Ct. 29,24 L.Ed.2d 19
PartiesBeatrice ALEXANDER et al., Petitioners, v. HOLMES COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION et al
Docket NumberNo. 632
Decision Date29 October 1969
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  • Jenkins by Agyei v. State of Mo., R-5 and D
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (8th Circuit)
    • February 5, 1987
    ...in Green [v. County School Bd., 391 U.S. 430, 88 S.Ct. 1689, 20 L.Ed.2d 716 (1968) ] and Alexander [v. Holmes County Bd. of Education, 396 U.S. 19, 90 S.Ct. 29, 24 L.Ed.2d 19 (1969) It does not follow that the communities served by such systems will remain demographically stable, for in a g......
  • Ayers v. Allain, No. 88-4103
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (5th Circuit)
    • February 6, 1990
    ...school system....' ") (citing Brown I, 347 U.S. at 483, 74 S.Ct. at 686); Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Educ., 396 U.S. 19, 20, 90 S.Ct. 29, 29, 24 L.Ed.2d 19 (1969) (per curiam ) ("Under explicit holdings of this Court the obligation of every school district is to terminate......
  • Liddell v. BD. OF ED., CITY OF ST. LOUIS, ETC., No. 72-100C(1).
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 8th Circuit. United States District Court (Eastern District of Missouri)
    • April 12, 1979
    ...and branch." Green, supra, 391 U.S. at 437-38, 88 S.Ct. at 1694. As later defined in Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education, 396 U.S. 19, 90 S.Ct. 29, 24 L.Ed.2d 19 (1969), a unitary school system was one "within which no person is to be effectively excluded from any school......
  • Spangler v. Pasadena City Board of Education, Civ. No. 68-1438-R.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 9th Circuit. United States District Courts. 9th Circuit. Central District of California
    • March 12, 1970
    ...of "paramount importance," and delays in vindicating that right are intolerable. Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education, 396 U.S. 19, 20, 90 S.Ct. 29, 24 L.Ed. 2d 19 (1969); Carter v. West Feliciana Parish School Board, 396 U.S. 290, 90 S.Ct. 608, 24 L.Ed.2d 477 (January 20......
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  • Jenkins by Agyei v. State of Mo., R-5 and D
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (8th Circuit)
    • February 5, 1987
    ...in Green [v. County School Bd., 391 U.S. 430, 88 S.Ct. 1689, 20 L.Ed.2d 716 (1968) ] and Alexander [v. Holmes County Bd. of Education, 396 U.S. 19, 90 S.Ct. 29, 24 L.Ed.2d 19 (1969) It does not follow that the communities served by such systems will remain demographically stable, for in a g......
  • Ayers v. Allain, No. 88-4103
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (5th Circuit)
    • February 6, 1990
    ...nondiscriminatory school system....' ") (citing Brown I, 347 U.S. at 483, 74 S.Ct. at 686); Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Educ., 396 U.S. 19, 20, 90 S.Ct. 29, 29, 24 L.Ed.2d 19 (1969) (per curiam ) ("Under explicit holdings of this Court the obligation of every school district is to t......
  • Liddell v. BD. OF ED., CITY OF ST. LOUIS, ETC., No. 72-100C(1).
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 8th Circuit. United States District Court (Eastern District of Missouri)
    • April 12, 1979
    ...root and branch." Green, supra, 391 U.S. at 437-38, 88 S.Ct. at 1694. As later defined in Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education, 396 U.S. 19, 90 S.Ct. 29, 24 L.Ed.2d 19 (1969), a unitary school system was one "within which no person is to be effectively excluded from any school beca......
  • Spangler v. Pasadena City Board of Education, Civ. No. 68-1438-R.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 9th Circuit. United States District Courts. 9th Circuit. Central District of California
    • March 12, 1970
    ...is of "paramount importance," and delays in vindicating that right are intolerable. Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education, 396 U.S. 19, 20, 90 S.Ct. 29, 24 L.Ed. 2d 19 (1969); Carter v. West Feliciana Parish School Board, 396 U.S. 290, 90 S.Ct. 608, 24 L.Ed.2d 477 (January 20, 21. S......
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3 books & journal articles
  • PROCEDURAL LOSSES AND THE PYRRHIC VICTORY OF ABOLISHING QUALIFIED IMMUNITY.
    • United States
    • Washington University Law Review Vol. 99 Nbr. 5, June 2022
    • June 1, 2022
    ...Id. at 807 & n. 112. (429.) See id. at 805-07; Davidson, supra note 384. (430.) See, e.g., Alexander v. Holmes Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 396 U.S. 19, 20 (1969) (per curiam) (ordering school districts "to terminate dual school systems at once and to operate now and hereafter only unitary (431.......
  • The Supreme Court of the United States, 1969-1970
    • United States
    • Political Research Quarterly Nbr. 23-4, December 1970
    • December 1, 1970
    ...by exercising the equal right tovote.&dquo; (P. 426.) Related cases decided this term. In Alexander v. Holmes County Board of f Education (396 U.S. 19; 90 S. Ct. 29) in a per curiam opinion the Court held thatcontinued operation of racially segregated schools under the standard of deliberat......
  • Legal Foundations of Civil Rights and Pluralism in America
    • United States
    • ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, The Nbr. 454-1, March 1981
    • March 1, 1981
    ...392 U.S. 409 (1968). of Eastlake v. Forest City Enterprises, In- 17. 391 U.S. 430 (1968). corporated, 426 U.S. 668 (1976); Washington 18. 396 U.S. 19 ( v. Davis, 426 U.S. 229 (1976); and Milliken 19. 402 U.S. 1 (1971). v. Bradley, 418 U.S. 717 (1974). 20. 413 U.S. 189 (1973). 22. 253 U.S. 4......

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