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Goss v. Board of Education, 373 U.S. 683 (1963)
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Goss v. Board of Education, 373 U.S. 683 (1963)
Goss v. Board of Education of Knoxville, Tennessee No. 217 Argued March 20-21, 1963 Decided June 3, 1963 373 U.S. 683
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
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Negro pupils and their parents sued in two Federal District Courts in Tennessee to desegregate racially segregated public schools. In each case, a desegregation plan submitted to the District Court by the school board provided for the rezoning of school districts without reference to race; but each plan contained a transfer provision under which any student, upon request, would be permitted, solely on the basis of his own race and the racial composition of the school to which he was assigned by virtue of rezoning, to transfer from such school, where he would be in the racial minority, back to his former segregated school, where his race would be in the majority. These plans were approved by the respective District Courts and the Court of Appeals.
Held: Insofar as they approve such transfer provisions, the judgments of the Court of Appeals are reversed, since such transfer plans are based on racial factors which inevitably would lead toward segregation of students by race, contrary to this Court’s admonition in Brown v. Board of Education, 349 U.S. 294. Pp. 684-689.
301 F.2d 164, 828, reversed in part and causes remanded.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Goss v. Board of Education, 373 U.S. 683 (1963) in 373 U.S. 683 373 U.S. 684. Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=7HWV9A3T1QS6IKX.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Goss v. Board of Education, 373 U.S. 683 (1963), in 373 U.S. 683, page 373 U.S. 684. Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=7HWV9A3T1QS6IKX.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Goss v. Board of Education, 373 U.S. 683 (1963). cited in 1963, 373 U.S. 683, pp.373 U.S. 684. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=7HWV9A3T1QS6IKX.
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