Morgan v. Hennigan

Decided June 21, 1974. Wendell Arthur Garrity Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

379 F. Supp. 410 · Cited 69 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education · 402 U.S. 1
• Brown v. Board of Education · 347 U.S. 483
• Brown v. Board of Education · 349 U.S. 294
• Green v. County School Board of New Kent County · 391 U.S. 430
• Johnson v. San Francisco Unified School District · 339 F. Supp. 1315
• Griffin v. School Bd. of Prince Edward Cty. · 377 U.S. 218
• Sweatt v. Painter · 339 U.S. 629
• North Carolina State Board of Education v. Swann · 402 U.S. 43
• Raney v. Board of Education of Gould School District · 391 U.S. 443
• Spangler v. Pasadena City Board of Education · 311 F. Supp. 501
• Davis v. School District of the City of Pontiac, Inc. · 309 F. Supp. 734
• School Committee of Boston v. Board of Education · 227 N.E.2d 729
• Booker v. SPECIAL SCHOOL DIST. NO. 1, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. · 351 F. Supp. 799
• School Committee of Boston v. Board of Education · 292 N.E.2d 338
• Hobson Ex Rel. Hobson v. Hansen · 269 F. Supp. 401
• School Committee of Springfield v. Board of Education · 287 N.E.2d 438
• Hart v. Community Sch. Bd. of Brooklyn, NY Sch. D. 21 · 383 F. Supp. 699
• Bradley v. Milliken · 338 F. Supp. 582
• Brice v. Landis · 314 F. Supp. 974
• Baker v. Columbus Municipal Separate School District · 329 F. Supp. 706
• Hobson Ex Rel. Hobson v. Hansen · 327 F. Supp. 844
• School Committee of Boston v. Board of Education · 302 N.E.2d 916

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• Vaughns v. Board of Educ. of Prince George's County · 574 F. Supp. 1280
• National Ass'n for Advancement of Colored People v. Lansing Board of Education · 429 F. Supp. 583
• School Committee of Springfield v. Board of Education · 319 N.E.2d 427
• Caulfield v. Board of Ed. of City of New York · 486 F. Supp. 862
• Boston's Children First v. City of Boston · 62 F. Supp. 2d 247
• Morgan v. Nucci · 620 F. Supp. 214
• Morgan v. Nucci · 612 F. Supp. 1060
• Drinkwater v. School Committee of Boston · 550 N.E.2d 385
• Crawford v. Board of Education · 551 P.2d 28
• United States v. Yonkers Board of Education · 624 F. Supp. 1276
• Vernon v. State of California · 10 Cal. Rptr. 3d 121
• Perez v. Boston Housing Authority · 400 N.E.2d 1231
• Penick v. Columbus Board of Education · 429 F. Supp. 229
• Reed v. Rhodes · 422 F. Supp. 708
• Armstrong v. O'CONNELL · 416 F. Supp. 1325
• Society for Good Will to Retarded Children, Inc. v. Carey · 466 F. Supp. 722
• Harris v. White · 479 F. Supp. 996
• Green v. Johnson · 513 F. Supp. 965
• Morgan v. Kerrigan · 388 F. Supp. 581
• McLAUGHLIN BY McLAUGHLIN v. Boston School Committee · 938 F. Supp. 1001

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