Barbara Jean BERRY et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF the CITY OF BENTON HARBOR et al., Defendants.
United States District Court, W. D. Michigan, S. D.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
December 15, 1978.
December 15, 1978.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Louis R. Lucas, Elijah Noel, Jr., Ratner, Sugarmon & Lucas, Memphis, Tenn., Thomas Atkins, Roxbury, Mass., John A. Dziamba, Willimantic, Conn., Stuart J. Dunnings, Jr., Dunnings & Gibson, Lansing, Mich., Nathaniel R. Jones, Gen. Counsel, NAACP Special Contribution Fund, New York City, for plaintiffs.
John D. Tully, Warner, Norcross & Judd, Grand Rapids, Mich., Roccy M. DeFrancesco, Adams & DeFrancesco, St. Joseph, Mich., for Benton Harbor School Bd.
John L. Crow, Francis A. Jones, Hartwig, Crow, Jones & Postelli, St. Joseph, Mich., for Eau Clair School Dist.
George L. McCargar, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Lansing, Mich., for State of Mich.
E. Michael Stafford, Farhat, Burns & Story, Lansing, Mich., for Coloma School Dist.
Lee Boothby, Boothby & Huff, Berrien Springs, Mich., for Sodus Tp./Fellner Group.
Andrew J. Burch, Coloma, Mich., for intervening defendants Baldwin and Concerned Parents of Hagar Tp. School Dist. No. 4.
Thomas J. Nordberg, Lansing, Mich., for Berrien County Intermediate School Dist.
United States District Court, W. D. Michigan, S. D.
FOX, Chief Judge.
PREFACE
A
Statements made during the Michigan Constitutional Convention of 1961 indicate that the drafters were fully aware of the Supreme Court's school desegregation decisions. The committee which proposed Article VIII, section 2 made the following statement in its support:
The anti-discrimination clause is placed in this section with the full knowledge that some may say it is unnecessary because of the rights established...
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