HOOTS v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

Civ. A. No. 71-538.

334 F.Supp. 820 (1971)

Dorothy HOOTS, individually and as mother of her children Janelle Hoots and Jamie Hoots, et al., Plaintiffs, v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

December 8, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Stanton Wettick, Jr., Neighborhood Legal Services, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Alfred C. Maiello, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Hallenberg, Allegheny City Board of School Directors and Pennsylvania State Board of Education, and W. Deming Lewis.

Frederick N. Frank, Asst. Atty Gen. of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Lee A. Donaldson, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa., for Allegheny Intermediate Unit and Hallenberg.


OPINION

WEBER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs' Complaint contains allegations that:

(a) In preparing and adopting the school reorganization plans defendants intentionally and knowingly created racially segregated school districts. (b) In preparing and adopting the school reorganization plan the defendants failed to take steps to eliminate racial imbalance. (c) In preparing and adopting the school reorganization plans the defendants...

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