Morales ex rel. Morales v. Shannon’s Empirical Analysis
516 F.2d 411 · 1975
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 4 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Keyes v. School District No 1 Denver Colorado · Lau v. Nichols · Cisneros v. Corpus Christi Independent School District · McNeal v. Tate County School District
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he imposition of a neighborhood assignment system froze the Mexican-American students into [certain] schools. There could have been no other result and this is strong evidence of segregatory intent.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is now an unlawful educational practice to fail to take appropriate action to overcome language barriers.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“supervened our holding in Cisneros v. Corpus Christi Independent School District, 5 Cir. (en banc), 1972, 467 F.2d 142 , to the extent that Keyes requires, as a prerequisite to a decree to desegregate ... proof of segregatory intent as a part of state action. We said not in Corpus Christi, holding cause and effect a sufficient basis, but the Supreme Court held to the contrary in Keyes .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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