Jackson v. Rawdon - US Court of Appeals - Appellant Brief
Subject
Appellant Brief filed for Jackson v. Rawdon to US Court of Appeals
Description
Appellant Brief filed with US Court of Appeals on May 7, 1956 by L. Clifford Davis requesting reversal in Fifth District Court in the case of Jackson v. Rawdon.
Opinion of Chief Judge Hutchison of the US Court of Appeals on Jackson v. Rawdon.
Description
The opinion of Chief Judge Hutchison on June 28, 1956 in the case of Jackson v. Rawdon, brought before the US Court of Appeals was that the dismissal of the case by the Fifth Circuit court was incorrect, the decision was reversed and remanded with directions.
Jackson v. Rawdon - US Court of Appeals - Petition to Stay
Subject
Petition to Stay filed at the US Court of Appeals by J.A. Gooch in order to obtain a Writ of Error by the Supreme Court of the United States.
Description
On September 5, 1956, J.A. Gooch, attorney for Rawdon and the Mansfield School Board, filed a Petition to Stay the enforcement of the judgement of the lower court.
Jackson v. Rawdon - US Court of Appeals - Order on Petition
Subject
Decision of the US Supreme Court of Petition to Stay.
Description
On December 3, 1956, the US Supreme Court denied the petition to stay in the case of Jackson v. Rawdon, this was the end of the legal battle in the court system.
Mansfield School District - Unanimous resolution not to integrate
Subject
Document stating unanimous decision by board of trustees for Mansfield Independent School District not to integrate Mansfield High School for the school year 1956-1957.
Description
Document stating unanimous decision by the school board not to integrate for the 1956-1957 school year. The final paragraph in the document states that if the document is denied, rather than be jailed, the board will comply with the provisions of the court's order.
Source
The National Archives of Fort Worth
Publisher
archives.gov/fort-worth
Date
Undated, Circa August 1956 - from Bethlehem Baptist Church Archives
Jackson v. Rawdon - November 7, 1955 - Transcript of Proceedings
Subject
Transcript of proceedings from the November 7, 1955 hearing.
Description
Transcript of proceedings from the Jackson v. Rawdon case, originally heard in the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas - Fort Worth Division on November 7, 1955.
Jackson v. Rawdon - Petition for Stay of Enforcement - by Gooch
Subject
Request for stay of enforcement by way of notice of voluntary enrollment by plaintiffs to Fort Worth ISD.
Description
J.A. Gooch, attorney for defendants, sends a notice requesting stay of enforcement of decree dated August 27, 1956, on the grounds that plaintiffs transferred to Fort Worth Independent School District prior to June 1, 1956.