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... > social science subjects > law > legal specialisms > education law > litigation: desegregation and affirmative action > Northcross v. Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools

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Northcross v. Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools  

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  • At issue in the final iteration of the long-running dispute in Northcross v. Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools (1979) was whether a federal trial court could award attorney fees and costs in a school desegregation case. More specifically, after the U.S. Supreme Court directed the school board to operate a unitary system in 1970, litigation continued. [Source: Encyclopedia of Education Law; Northcross v. Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools]

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