CHAMBERS v. IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

No. 14243.

423 F.2d 613 (1970)

Terry Ann CHAMBERS et al., Appellants, v. IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, a public body corporate of Iredell County, North Carolina, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 27, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Lanning and J. LeVonne Chambers, Charlotte, N.C. (James E. Ferguson, II, and Adam Stein, Chambers, Stein, Ferguson & Lanning, Charlotte, N.C., Conrad O. Pearson, Durham, N.C., Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit, III, and Norman Chachkin, New York City, on brief), for appellants.

Jay F. Frank and Frederick G. Chamblee, Statesville, N.C. (Marcus L. Nash, and Chamblee, Nash & Frank, Statesville, N.C., on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and SOBELOFF, BOREMAN, BRYAN, WINTER, CRAVEN and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges, sitting en banc.


CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:

The question presented by this school case is whether Iredell County has established a unitary school system. We think that a unitary system has been substantially achieved, and affirm the decision of the district court.

The situation in the Iredell County school system is as follows: There are 18 schools in the system. All of these schools, except Unity Elementary School, are fully integrated at present. There are 9,647 students in...

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