LIDDELL v. CALDWELL

No. 76-1228.

546 F.2d 768 (1976)

Craton LIDDELL, a minor, by Minnie Liddell, his mother and next friend, et al., Appellees, and The Board of Education of the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri, et al., Appellees, v. Earline CALDWELL, a minor, by Lillie Caldwell, her mother and next friend, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 13, 1976.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 17, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis R. Lucas, Memphis, Tenn., for appellants; Barbara B. Dickey, Ratner, Sugarman, Lucas, Salky & Henderson, Memphis, Tenn., David A. Lang, Clayton, Mo., and Forriss D. Elliott, St. Louis, Mo., Nathaniel Jones, New York City, on brief.

John H. Lashly and Joseph S. McDuffie, St. Louis, Mo., for appellee, Bd. of Education; Paul B. Rava and Kenneth C. Brostron, Lashly, Caruthers, Thies, Rava & Hamel, St. Louis, Mo., on brief.

Joseph S. McDuffie and William P. Russell, St. Louis, Mo., on brief, for appellees, Craton Liddell and others.

Before LAY and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges, and TALBOT SMITH, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 17, 1977.

LAY, Circuit Judge.

In February 1972 five black parents and their minor children who were enrolled in the public schools in the city of St. Louis, filed a class action on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, charging racial segregation and discrimination in the operation of the St. Louis Public Schools. They named as defendants the Board of Education of the City of St. Louis, the board...

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