Kelley V. Metropolitan County Board Of Education Of Nashville

This case originated in 1955 as a desegregation action brought by a group of black school children and their parents against the school board of Nashville, Tennessee. A similar action was filed in 1960 against the board of education of Davidson County, in which Nashville is located. The actions were consolidated, and the original defendants were replaced by the Metropolitan County Board of Education of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee ("Metro"). The subsequent history of the litigation is well set out in the district court's opinion, reported at 615 F. Supp. 1139 (M.D.Tenn. 1985), and in an earlier opinion reported at 492 F. Supp. 167 (M.D.Tenn. 1980); we shall not repeat the story here.