Delores ROSS et al., Plaintiffs,
United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor,
v.
HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellants,
v.
Proposed Westheimer Independent School District et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Delores ROSS et al., Plaintiffs,
United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor, Appellant,
v.
HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellants,
v.
PROPOSED WESTHEIMER INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees,
v.
HOUSTON TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, Movant-Appellant.
In re HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Petitioner.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
September 8, 1977.
September 8, 1977.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William Key Wilde, Kelly Frels, J. Woodfin Jones, Houston, Tex., for Houston Independent Sch. Dist.
Weldon H. Berry, Houston, Tex., Joseph D. Rich, Asst. Atty. Gen., Civ. Rights Div., Washington, D. C., Abraham Ramirez, Jr., James E. Ross, Anna E. Stoll, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., Peter D. Roos, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees in 77-2281, 77-1069, 77-1843, 77-1367 and Ross.
Lynn Taylor, Austin, Tex., for State of Texas.
William C. Bednar, Jr., Austin, Tex., for Texas Ed. Agency.
Dennis J. Dimsey, Atty., Drew S. Days, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., App. Section, Civ. Rts. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellees in 77-2281.
Edward B. McDonough, Jr., U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., Vilma S. Martinez, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees in 77-1069.
James Gough, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for the United States.
Ricardo DeAnda, Laredo, Tex., for Estrada, et al.
William Pannill, Houston, Tex., for Coalition to Preserve Houston, et al.
Grant Cook, Houston, Tex., for Spring Branch Ind. School Dist.
Jay D. Howell, Jr., Asst. City Atty., Houston, Tex., for City of Houston.
Walter W. Barnett, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Vincent F. O'Rourke, Atty., Washington D. C., for the United States.
Robert E. Hall, Houston, Tex., for Houston Teachers Assn.
William A. Harrison, James E. Ross, Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellees.
Before THORNBERRY, MORGAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
BY THE COURT:
It is hard for the parties to remember and impossible for others to comprehend how the procedural matrix behind this school desegregation appeal became so complex. A considerable part of our appellate effort has been expended in unwinding the tangled skein, so that the basic issues posed may be decided.
The action was originally filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas against the Houston Independent School...
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