These two cases were combined and formed the historic challenge to the segregated county/city school system. Newburg Area Council was black school that initiated the suit. This joint effort by the leading civil rights organizations is one of the few cases where the court ordered cross - district busing.
Haycraft v. Louisville Board of Education & Newburg Area Council, Inc. v. Jefferson Board of Education (1971)
Attorney(s)
Robert Sedler, Tom Hogan, Galen Martin, Daryl Owens, John O'Meara
Pro Bono Law Firm(s)
American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, National American Civil Liberties Union, Commission on Human Rights, NAACP, Legal Aid Society
Court
United States Court of Appeals for Sixth Circuit
Judge
Circuit Judge William E. Miller
Status
Historic
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