Jose CISNEROS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
CORPUS CHRISTI INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
August 2, 1972.
August 2, 1972.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Chris Dixie, Houston, Tex., James DeAnda, Corpus Christi, Tex., James P. Wolf, Eric H. Nelson, Houston, Tex., for Jose Cisneros and others.
Brian Landsberg, Atty., Civil Rights Div., John N. Mitchell, U. S. Atty. Gen., David L. Norman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anthony J. P. Farris, U. S. Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the United States.
Jack Greenberg, Charles Stephen Ralston, James M. Nabrit, III, Norman Chachkin, New York City, for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., amicus curiae.
Mario Obledo, San Francisco, Cal., Edward Idar, Jr., San Antonio, Tex., for the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., amicus curiae.
Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and WISDOM, GEWIN, BELL, THORNBERRY, COLEMAN, GOLDBERG, AINSWORTH, GODBOLD, DYER, SIMPSON, MORGAN, CLARK, INGRAHAM, and RONEY, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
DYER, Circuit Judge:
In this desegregation class action brought against the Corpus Christi Independent School District and its Board of Trustees,1 the district court held that the city's mexican-american and black children were segregated from anglo children in the public school system as a result of official action of the Board in violation of the mandate of Brown v. Board of Education, 1954, 347 U.S. 483
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