CHESTER UPLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

Civil Action No. 12-132.

CHESTER UPLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al. v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

May 11, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CHESTER UPLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT, Plaintiff, represented by LEO A. HACKETT , LAW OFFICE OF LEO A. HACKETT & MICHAEL CHURCHILL , PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CTR OF PHILADELPHIA.

BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS OF THE CHESTER UPLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT, Plaintiff, represented by LEO A. HACKETT , LAW OFFICE OF LEO A. HACKETT & MICHAEL CHURCHILL , PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CTR OF PHILADELPHIA.

RESIDENT OF THE CHESTER UPLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT, Plaintiff, represented by LEO A. HACKETT , LAW OFFICE OF LEO A. HACKETT & MICHAEL CHURCHILL , PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CTR OF PHILADELPHIA.

WANDA MANN, TAXPAYER OF THE CHESTER UPLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT, Plaintiff, represented by LEO A. HACKETT , LAW OFFICE OF LEO A. HACKETT & MICHAEL CHURCHILL , PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CTR OF PHILADELPHIA.

DELORES SHARP, PARENT OF REGULAR EDUCATION STUDENT, Plaintiff, represented by LEO A. HACKETT , LAW OFFICE OF LEO A. HACKETT & MICHAEL CHURCHILL , PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CTR OF PHILADELPHIA.

THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by LYNNE L. WILSON , PA STATE EDUCATION.

T.F., ON BEHALF OF A MINOR, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by BENJAMIN D. GEFFEN , PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CENTER OF PHILA, MICHAEL CHURCHILL , PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CTR OF PHILADELPHIA & SONJA D. KERR , THE PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CENTER OF PHILA.

CHESTER COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by ARLEN SPECTER , MATHIEU SHAPIRO , OBERMAYER, REBMANN, MAXWELL & HIPPEL, LLP & THOMAS A. LEONARD , OBERMAYER REBMANN MAXWELL & HIPPEL LLP.

PARENTS OF STUDENTS AT CHESTER COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by JEFFERY A. DAILEY , AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP & NATALIE LESSER , AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP.

DELAWARE COUNTY INTERMEDIATE UNIT, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by MICHAEL V. PUPPIO, JR. , RAFFAELE & PUPPIO, LLP.

M.F., Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by SONJA D. KERR , THE PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CENTER OF PHILA & MICHAEL CHURCHILL , PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CTR OF PHILADELPHIA.

K.H., Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by SONJA D. KERR , THE PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CENTER OF PHILA & MICHAEL CHURCHILL , PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CTR OF PHILADELPHIA.

B.C., Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by SONJA D. KERR , THE PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CENTER OF PHILA & MICHAEL CHURCHILL , PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CTR OF PHILADELPHIA.

S.K., Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by JEFFERY A. DAILEY , AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP.

N.F., Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by JEFFERY A. DAILEY , AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP.

DELAWARE COUNTY TECHNICAL SCHOOLS, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by MICHAEL V. PUPPIO, JR. , RAFFAELE & PUPPIO, LLP.

NAACP-PA, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by GREGG L. ZEFF , THE LAW OFFICE OF GREGG L. ZEFF & SONJA D. KERR , THE PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CENTER OF PHILA.

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Defendant, represented by AMY C. FOERSTER , SAUL EWING LLP, CORY SCOTT WINTER , SAUL EWING LLP & MICHAEL A. FINIO , SAUL EWING LLP.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Defendant, represented by AMY C. FOERSTER , SAUL EWING LLP, CORY SCOTT WINTER , SAUL EWING LLP & MICHAEL A. FINIO , SAUL EWING LLP.

RONALD TOMALIS, SECRETARY OF EDUCATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Defendant, represented by AMY C. FOERSTER , SAUL EWING LLP, CORY SCOTT WINTER , SAUL EWING LLP & MICHAEL A. FINIO , SAUL EWING LLP.


MEMORANDUM GRANTING MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT

MICHAEL BAYLSON, District Judge.

I. Background

Plaintiffs filed this lawsuit in February 2012, alleging that the Chester Upland School District ("District") was days away from being forced to close its doors for lack of funding. Several parties intervened, including parents of students in the District ("District Parents") and the Pennsylvania Chapter of the NAACP ("PA...

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