James E. Swann et al.

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United States Supreme Court case civil rights plaintiff group of civil rights plaintiffs

James E. Swann et al. were the parent plaintiffs who challenged racial segregation in Charlotte, North Carolina’s public schools, leading to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on school desegregation and busing.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education	0
James E. Swann	0

Statements (33)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ civil rights plaintiff ⓘ group of civil rights plaintiffs ⓘ
areaOfLaw	civil rights law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ education law ⓘ
challenged	racial segregation in Charlotte-Mecklenburg public schools ⓘ racial segregation in Charlotte-Mecklenburg public schools ⓘ
citation	402 U.S. 1 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1971 ⓘ
fieldOfActivity	school desegregation ⓘ school desegregation ⓘ
hasMember	James E. Swann NERFINISHED ⓘ
held	broad equitable powers exist to remedy past de jure segregation ⓘ federal courts may order busing to achieve school desegregation ⓘ
impact	expanded use of busing to desegregate public schools in the United States ⓘ
issue	constitutionality of busing as a remedy for school segregation ⓘ scope of federal courts’ equitable powers in school desegregation ⓘ
legalAction	Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education NERFINISHED ⓘ Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education NERFINISHED ⓘ
locationOfActivity	Charlotte, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Charlotte, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	litigation that led to landmark Supreme Court ruling on school desegregation and busing ⓘ litigation that led to landmark Supreme Court ruling on school desegregation and busing ⓘ
originatedIn	Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system NERFINISHED ⓘ
party	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education NERFINISHED ⓘ James E. Swann et al. NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Brown v. Board of Education NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	parent plaintiff ⓘ parent plaintiffs ⓘ

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