ELLIS v. BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION OF ORANGE CO., FLA.

No. 29124.

423 F.2d 203 (1970)

Evelyn R. ELLIS, a minor, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION OF ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 17, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norris D. Woolfork, III, Orlanda, Fla., Jack Greenberg, Norman Chachkin, James M. Nabrit, III, Drew S. Days, III, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants.

James W. Markel, Winter Park, Fla., Joel H. Sharp, Charles R. Fawsett, Orlando, Fla., for defendant-appellee.

Before BELL, AINSWORTH and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


BELL, Circuit Judge:

The issue presented in this case is whether the Orange County Florida public school system is now unitary. The answer depends on a review of the posture of the system in light of two controlling decisions of the Supreme Court.1 In Green v. County School Board of New Kent County, 1968, 391 U.S. 430, 88 S.Ct. 1689, 20 L.Ed.2d 716, the mechanics of what must be done to bring about a unitary...

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