Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education 1971

Supreme Court Drama: Cases That Changed America › Volume 3: Equal Protection and Civil Rights › Segregation and Desegregation (2000)

Author: Daniel Brannen, Richard Hanes, Elizabeth Shaw

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Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education 1971

Appellant: James E. Swann

Appellee: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education

Appellant's Claim: That the local public school desegregation plan was inadequate to achieve integration and protect the civil rights of its students.

Chief Lawyers for Appellant: Julius LeVonne Chambers, James M. Nabritt III

Chief Lawyers for Appellee: William J. Waggoner, Benjamin S. Horack

Justices for the Court: Hugo L. Black, Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, William O. Douglas, John Marshall Harl...

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