The Board Of Education Of The Oklahoma City Public Schools v. Robert L. Dowell’s Empirical Analysis
375 F.2d 158 · 1967
Citation profile
57 federal appellate · 5 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 91 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2013 · most notably Board of Education of Oklahoma City Public Schools Independent School District No 89 Oklahoma County Oklahoma v. L Dowell (1991), United States v. Jefferson County Board of Education (1966)
57 federal appellate · 5 district · 3 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Brown et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka et al. · Brown v. Board of Education · Idaho Sheet Metal Works, Inc. v. Wirtz · Goss v. Board of Education of City of Knoxville Tennessee · Bradley v. School Board of Richmond
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 91 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“impartially maintained and administered,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The record reflects very little actual desegregation of the school system between 1955 and the filing of this case.” 375 F.2d at 163 . “Inherent in all of the points raised and argued here by appellants is the contention that at the time of the filing of this case there was no racial discrimination in the operation of the school system. That contention should be first considered. The question of the existence of racial discrimination necessarily goes hand in hand with the question of the good faith of the board in efforts to desegregate the system. As we have pointed out, complete and compelled segregation and racial discrimination existed in the Oklahoma City School system at the time the Brown decision became the law of the land. It then became the duty of every school board and school official ‘to make a prompt and reasonable start toward full compliance’ with the first Brown case. . When the trial court here made such a finding and pointed out the areas of discrimination, it was the clear duty of the school authorities to promptly pursue such measures as would correct the unconstitutional practices. . . ' . . The board presented no plan, it only reiterated its general intention to correct some of the existing unlawful practices. This was not compliance with the order of the court. . Because of the refusal of the board to take prompt substantial and affirmative action after the entering of the court’s decree, without further action by the court, the aggrieved plaintiffs, ”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““We pass to consideration of the part of the order compelling faculty desegregation. The record reflects that a higher percentage of non-white teaching personnel have master’s degrees than do white personnel. The superintendent of schools admitted there was no difference in the quality of performance between the white and non-white personnel. At present, integration of personnel exists only in schools having both white and nonwhite pupils, with no non-white personnel employed in the central administration section of the system. The existing situation reflects racial discrimination in the assignment of teachers and other personnel. The order to desegregate faculty is certainly a necessary initial step in the effort to cure the evil of racial segregation in the school system.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.