Case: Cisneros v. Corpus Christi Independent School District

2:68-cv-00095 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: July 22, 1968

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Case Summary

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit related to alleged historical practices of racial discrimination by the Corpus Christi Independent School District. The case was filed on July 22, 1968, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

People

Attorney for Plaintiff

Griswold, Erwin N. (District of Columbia)

Expert/Monitor/Master/Other

McCree, Wade Hampton Jr. (Michigan)

Norman, David L. (District of Columbia)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Griswold, Erwin N. (District of Columbia)

Other

McCree, Wade Hampton Jr. (Michigan)

Norman, David L. (District of Columbia)

Documents in the Clearinghouse

Documents in this case

2:68-cv-00095	Memorandum Opinion	June 4, 1970	June 4, 1970 Order/Opinion 324 F.Supp. 599
2:68-cv-00095	Memorandum Opinion	July 2, 1971	July 2, 1971 Order/Opinion 330 F.Supp. 1377
	Opinion of the Court Corpus Christi Independent School District v. Cisneros Supreme Court of the United States	Aug. 19, 1971	Aug. 19, 1971 Order/Opinion 404 U.S. 1211
71-02397	USCA Opinion U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit	Aug. 2, 1972	Aug. 2, 1972 Order/Opinion 467 F.2d 142
2:68-cv-00095	Order	Aug. 23, 1972	Aug. 23, 1972 Order/Opinion 350 F.Supp. 1241
72-00649	Memorandum for the United States Corpus Christi Independent School District v. Cisneros Supreme Court of the United States	Oct. 1, 1972	Oct. 1, 1972 Pleading / Motion / Brief
77-05870	Memorandum for the United States in Opposition Barnett v. Cisneros Memo Supreme Court of the United States	Feb. 8, 1978	Feb. 8, 1978 Pleading / Motion / Brief

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Resources

Resources related to this case
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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Docket

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Case Details

State / Territory:

Texas

Case Type(s):

School Desegregation

Special Collection(s):

Civil Rights Division Archival Collection

Key Dates

Filing Date: July 22, 1968

Case Details

Other Dockets:

Southern District of Texas 2:68-cv-00095

Supreme Court of the United States 77-5870

Supreme Court of the United States 72-649

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 71-02397

Recommended Citation

Case Summary of Cisneros v. Corpus Christi Independent School District, Civil Rights Litig. Clearinghouse, http://www.dev.clearinghouse.net/case/14757/.