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UNITED STATES v. HENDRY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT

No. 74-2400.

504 F.2d 550 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Janet Powell Dixon, etc., and Harlem Civic Improvement Association, Intervening Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HENDRY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 11, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. George Allen, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., William S. Finger, William H. Abbuehl, Florida Rural Legal Services, Inc., Belle Glade, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants.

James F. Garner, G. Gordon Harrison, Fort Myers, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Robert W. Rust, U. S. Atty., Clemens Hagglund, Asst. U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., William B. Saxbe, Atty. Gen., Samuel J. Flanagan, Brian K. Lansberg, Attys., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Before GEWIN, GOLDBERG and DYER, Circuit Judges.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

Among the Everglades on the south shore of Lake Okeechobee lies Hendry County, Florida, a largely rural polity whose 13,000 residents include whites, blacks, Hispanic-Americans and Seminole Indians. On July 9, 1970, the United States filed suit in federal district court to desegregate the Hendry County public schools. On August 4, 1971, Chief Judge Fulton issued an order creating a unitary school system by combining all classes of each grade...

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