UNITED STATES v. MIDLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

No. MO-70-CA-67.

334 F.Supp. 147 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America v. MIDLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT and Dr. James H. Mailey, Superintendent.

United States District Court, W. D. Texas, Midland-Odessa Division.

October 21, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Conroy, Atty., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Thornton Hardie, Jr., Midland, Tex., for defendant.

Garland Casebier, Midland, Tex., and Lawrence Fuller, Monahans, Tex., for intervenors.


GUINN, District Judge.

In this school case, the judicial power of this Court can be invoked only on a showing of discrimination violative of the constitutional standards declared in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 374 U.S. 483, 74 S.Ct. 686, 98 L.Ed. 873 (1954).

"The constitutional command to desegregate schools does not mean that every school in every community must always reflect the racial composition...

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