Opinion

Shirley Gaines v. Board of Education of Dougherty County, Georgia

  • 446 F.2d 907
Court
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Filed
Aug 25, 1971
Status
Published
On the bench
Bell, Ainsworth, Godbold
Cited by
1 cases
Authority
More cited than 45.8%

The opinion

PER CURIAM:

The within matter is remanded to the district court with direction that the district court at once issue a rule nisi to defendants as to why the student assignment plan now on file prepared by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare should not be made the student assignment plan for the school system for the 1971-72 school term. (The HEW plan referred to is described in the brief of plaintiffs filed with this court in Gaines v. Dougherty County Board of Education et al., 442 F.2d 1344 , on August 31, 1970).

The district court shall conduct an immediate hearing on the rule nisi and shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law and enter final judgment with respect to the issue or issues presented after the parties shall have had an opportunity to present evidence.

In the event either party appeals from said judgment, the record is to be transmitted to the court within 10 days from the date of judgment.

Remanded with directions.

This is a copy of a public record, reproduced as it was published. It is not legal advice, and it may not be the version a court would rely on. Check the official source before you cite it.

A word about cookies

We need a few to keep you signed in and the library working. The rest help us see which pages people use and where they get stuck. They stay off unless you say yes.