MORRILTON SCH. DIST. NO. 32 v. UNITED STATES

No. 79-1293.

606 F.2d 222 (1979)

MORRILTON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 32, Terry A. Humble, Superintendent, W. O. Byrd, Dr. H. B. White, Hugh C. Jones, W. C. Maxwell, Earle Love, William Cheek, Members, Plumerville School District No. 39, Doyle Border, Superintendent, William P. Evans, Jack Gordon, Frank Deaver, Charles Townsley, Billy Garrett, Members, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 30, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert V. Light, Friday, Eldredge & Clark, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant Morrilton.

Felver A. Rowell, Jr., Morrilton, Ark., for appellant Plumerville.

Frank D. Allen, Jr., Civil Rights Division, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., argued; W. H. Dillahunty, U. S. Atty., Little Rock, Ark., Drew S. Days, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Allen and Walter W. Barnett, Washington, D. C., on brief for appellee U. S.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, LAY, HEANEY, BRIGHT, ROSS, STEPHENSON and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judges, en banc.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

The United States brought this civil action on December 27, 1972, pursuant to Section 407 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000c-6, to desegregate the public schools of Conway County, Arkansas. Named as defendants were the State of Arkansas, the Arkansas State Board of Education and its members, the Director of Education of Arkansas, the Conway County Board of Education and its members and secretary, and each of the six school...

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