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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (Brown I), 347 U.S. 483 (1954).

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (Brown II), 349 U.S. 294 (1955)

Board of Education of Oklahoma City v. Dowell, 498 U.S. 237 (1991)

Dayton Board of Education v. Brinkman, 433 U.S. 406 (1977)

Missouri v. Jenkins, 515 U.S. 70 (1995)

Freeman v. Pitts, 503 U.S. 467 (1992)

Moore v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, 400 U.S. 803 (1970)

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

Brown v. Unified School District, 56 F.Supp. 1212 (D-Kansas July 27, 1999)

Capacchione v. Charlotte-Mecklenberg Schools 57 F. Supp. 2d 228 (WDNC 1999)

U.S v. Texas, 5th Cir. October 29, 1998 (Cite prior to being published: No. 9740162CV0 - 10/29/98)

People Who Care v. Rockford Board of Education, 7th Cir. April 18, 2001 (No. 003200 - 04/18/2001)

US v. Georgia,171 F.3d 1239 (11th Cir. 1999)

Lockett v. Board of Education of Muscogee County School District, 111 F.2d 839 (11th Cir. 1999)

Lee v. Etowah County, 963 F.2d 1416 (11th Cir. 1992)

This part of the Center for Equal Opportunity website is designed to be a resource for parents, local school officials, their lawyers, and others who believe that their schools are no longer segregated and that therefore the judicial oversight role should come to an end. We have included access to the following:

• A list obtained from the U.S. Department of Justice of all the cases in which it is involved in which desegregation orders are still in effect.
• A letter sent from CEO president Linda Chavez to every judge in those districts having schools on the Justice Department list, urging them to determine whether continued judicial supervision in each school system is appropriate.
• Two important federal statutes that bear on school desegregation, in both of which Congress has stated its general opposition to busing and racial balancing.
• Key judicial decisions and briefs.
• Links to top private and public-interest law firms that handle cases in this area as well as related organizations.