Case: U.S. v. Board of School Commissioners of the City of Indianapolis

1:68-cv-00225 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: May 31, 1968

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Case Summary

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the plaintiffs alleged that the Board of School Commissioners of the City of Indianapolis racially discriminated when assigning faculty and students. The case was filed on May 31, 1968, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.

People

Judge(s)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Applegate, Kit (New Jersey)

Bickham, Harold R. (Indiana)

Attorney for Defendant

Bailey, Jon M. (Indiana)

Borgmann, Louis H. (Indiana)

Brannan, Patricia A. (District of Columbia)

Expert/Monitor/Master/Other

Judge(s)

Dillin, Samuel Hugh (Indiana)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Applegate, Kit (New Jersey)

Bickham, Harold R. (Indiana)

Clark, Ramsey (District of Columbia)

Darko, Richard J. (Indiana)

Days, Drew S. III (District of Columbia)

Decastro, John M. (Indiana)

Flanagan, Samuel J. (District of Columbia)

Graves, William C. (District of Columbia)

Gross, Mark L. (District of Columbia)

Kelso, Charles D. (California)

Landsberg, Brian K. (District of Columbia)

McCarty, Virginia (District of Columbia)

Miller, Pauline A. (District of Columbia)

Moss, John O. (Indiana)

Pollak, Stephen J. (District of Columbia)

Ross, Alexander C. (District of Columbia)

Turner, James P. (District of Columbia)

Ward, John Preston (Arizona)

Young, James B. (District of Columbia)

Attorney for Defendant

Bailey, Jon M. (Indiana)

Borgmann, Louis H. (Indiana)

Brannan, Patricia A. (District of Columbia)

Henderson, Eugene L (Indiana)

Kitley, John A (Indiana)

Kreuscher, Jancie E (Indiana)

Sneed, Maree F. (District of Columbia)

Other

Day, Edward William (Rhode Island)

Griswold, Erwin N. (District of Columbia)

Norman, David L. (District of Columbia)

Pottinger, J. Stanley (District of Columbia)

Documents in the Clearinghouse

Documents in this case

1:68-cv-00225	Docket	May 3, 2004	May 3, 2004 Docket
1:68-cv-00225	Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order United States v. The Board of School Commissioners of the City of Indianapolis	Aug. 5, 1968	Aug. 5, 1968 Order/Opinion
1:68-cv-00225	Memorandum of Decision United States of America v. The Board of School Commissioners of the City of Indianapolis, Indiana	Aug. 18, 1971	Aug. 18, 1971 Order/Opinion
71-01260	Memorandum for the United States in Opposition The School Town of Speedway v. Dillin Supreme Court of the United States	June 1, 1972	June 1, 1972 Pleading / Motion / Brief
72-01450	Brief for the United States in Opposition The Board of School Commissioners of the City of Indianapolis v. United States of America Supreme Court of the United States	Oct. 1, 1972	Oct. 1, 1972 Pleading / Motion / Brief
72-00710	Memorandum for the United States in Opposition Citizens of Indianapolis for Quality Schools v. United States of America Supreme Court of the United States	Jan. 1, 1973	Jan. 1, 1973 Pleading / Motion / Brief
72-01377	Brief for the Respondents in Opposition The Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township v. Dillin Supreme Court of the United States	May 1, 1973	May 1, 1973 Pleading / Motion / Brief
72-01418	Memorandum for the Respondent in Opposition Sendak v. Dillin Supreme Court of the United States	May 1, 1973	May 1, 1973 Pleading / Motion / Brief
1:68-cv-00225	Memorandum of Decision	July 20, 1973	July 20, 1973 Order/Opinion 368 F.Supp. 1191
73-01968 73-01984	Opinion U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit	Aug. 21, 1974	Aug. 21, 1974 Order/Opinion 503 F.2d 68

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Title	Description		External URL Date / External URL
My Work in the Civil Rights Division's Education Section, 1968-1987 Joseph Rich	In this memoir, civil rights attorney Joseph Rich reflects on his 50-year career with the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division and the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, wit…	September 2025	Sept. 1, 2025

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Case Details

State / Territory:

Indiana

Case Type(s):

School Desegregation

Key Dates

Filing Date: May 31, 1968

Case Details

Other Dockets:

Southern District of Indiana 1:68-cv-00225

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 78-01800

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 78-02006

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 75-01730

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 75-01737

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 75-01765

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 75-01936

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 75-01964

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 75-01965

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 75-02007

Supreme Court of the United States 72-1450

Supreme Court of the United States 72-1418

Supreme Court of the United States 71-1260

Supreme Court of the United States 72-1377

Supreme Court of the United States 72-710

Supreme Court of the United States 76-212

Supreme Court of the United States 76-458

Supreme Court of the United States 76-515

Supreme Court of the United States 76-520

Supreme Court of the United States 76-522

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 73-01968

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 73-01984

Recommended Citation

Case Summary of U.S. v. Board of School Commissioners of the City of Indianapolis, Civil Rights Litig. Clearinghouse, https://clearinghouse.net/case/11068/.