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U. S. v. COLUMBUS MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DIST.

No. 76-3781.

558 F.2d 228 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COLUMBUS MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 9, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shields Sims, Columbus, Miss., for Columbus Mun. Sep. School Dist.

William G. Burgin, Jr., Columbus, Miss., for Lowndes County School Dist.

Jeremiah Glassman, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Alexander C. Ross, Atty., Jerris Leonard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ross Connealy, Atty., Brian K. Landsberg, C. J. Calnan, Ben Krage, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., H. M. Ray, U. S. Atty., Oxford, Miss., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GOLDBERG, CLARK and RONEY, Circuit Judges.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

In this school case we review the district court's order desegregating several elementary schools in Columbus, Mississippi. The area of disagreement between the parties is narrow. Appellant School District concedes that the current elementary student assignment pattern is invalid but asserts that the district court went too far in adopting a remedy pairing three sets of schools. The District seeks implementation of an alternative plan that...

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