Jackson v. Rawdon’s Empirical Analysis
1955
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Brown et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka et al. · Brown v. Board of Education · Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Louisiana Public Service Commission · McKinney v. Blankenship
Most-quoted passages
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““In finding the equities between the parties, I see on the one hand, the situation of this rural school board composed primarily of farmers, agents of the State of Texas * * * opening their meetings with prayer for solution; studying articles in magazines and papers; holding numerous meetings; passing resolutions and appointing a committee to work on a plan for integration — making the start toward ‘obeying the law’ which their abilities dictated. Further, the trustees now assure the Court that they are continuing their efforts and will work out desegregation. Their committee conferred with these plaintiffs in the presence of plaintiffs’ parents, and accepted and fulfilled the request made by plaintiffs with their attorney in August, 1955 for certain administrative steps as a solution for this period of transition, * * *. After the accomplishment of these administrative steps taken at the request of plaintiffs, and after school had been in session more than a month, this action was filed. * * “After the accomplishment of the above mentioned administrative processes at plaintiffs’ request, and after school had begun, it appears to the Court that the issuance of an injunction to effect entrance into Mansfield High School at this time would be unjust to the school trustees and the students alike. *• * *' “It is impossible, however, simply to shut our eyes to the instant need for care and justice in effectuating integration. .The, directions of the United States Supreme Court all”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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