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Gilbert R. Mason, Jr. v. The Biloxi Municipal Separate School District

443 F.2d 1365, 1971 U.S. App. LEXIS 9127
CourtCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
DecidedJuly 6, 1971
Docket30398_1
StatusPublished

This text of 443 F.2d 1365 (Gilbert R. Mason, Jr. v. The Biloxi Municipal Separate School District) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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Gilbert R. Mason, Jr. v. The Biloxi Municipal Separate School District, 443 F.2d 1365, 1971 U.S. App. LEXIS 9127 (5th Cir. 1971).

Opinion

*1366 BY THE COURT:

The judgment of the District Court as it relates to student assignment is vacated and the cause is remanded with direction that the District Court require the school board forthwith to constitute and implement a student assignment plan that complies with the principles established in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, 402 U.S. 1, 91 S.Ct. 1267, 28 L.Ed.2d 554 (1971), insofar as they relate to the issues presented in this case.

The District Court shall require the school board to file semi-annual reports during the school year similar to those required in United States v. Hinds County School Board, 5th Cir. 1970, 433 F.2d 611 at 618 (5th Cir. 1970). Also the District Court shall require the school board to announce and implement the provisions for desegregation of faculty and staff as set out in Singleton v. Jackson Municipal School District, 419 F.2d 1211 (5th Cir. 1970).

Vacated and remanded with direction.

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Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
402 U.S. 1 (Supreme Court, 1971)
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