473 F. Supp. 830 - Arthur v. Nyquist’s Empirical Analysis

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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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Any deviations from this guideline will be allowed only after a specific and detailed showing on a sehool-by-sehool basis that practicalities such as distance and difficulties of travel or physical barriers preclude further desegregation.... It may be that it will be impossible to rid the system of every [racially identified minority] school, but an attempt must be made and, if this objective cannot be reached, good reason must be set forth in the record.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Arthur v. Nyquist

2. “draft a new remedy plan which to the greatest extent practicable will desegregate the all-minority schools.... If the Board’s position is that further steps to integrate the all-minority schools ought not to be taken, the burden is on the Board to show why these steps cannot be taken and it must compile evidence showing clearly the physical or other barriers which it claims prevent further integration.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Arthur v. Nyquist