LOCKETT v. BOARD OF ED. OF MUSCOGEE CO. SCH. DIST., GA.

No. 71-2490.

447 F.2d 472 (1971)

Jerry LOCKETT et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF MUSCOGEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, GEORGIA, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 30, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. B. King, Albany, Ga., Jack Greenberg, New York City, Howard Moore, Jr., Peter E. Rindskopf, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

J. Madden Hatcher, A. J. Land, Columbus, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before BELL, AINSWORTH and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This case is presently before the Court on an appeal by plaintiffs from two aspects only of a school desegregation plan filed by defendant Board of Education and approved by the District Court.

The first aspect has to do with faculty assignments. Although teachers are assigned to the respective schools in the system on a system-wide racial ratio basis as required by Singleton v. Jackson Municipal Separate...

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