TAYLOR v. COAHOMA CTY. SCH. DIST.

No. 77-2838.

581 F.2d 105 (1978)

Willie Reed TAYLOR et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COAHOMA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 28, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin O. Chambliss, Jr., Oxford, Miss., Thomas Morris, Cleveland, Miss., Melvyn Leventhal, Jack Greenberg, Jonathan Shapiro, James M. Nabrit, III, New York City, Reuben V. Anderson, Fred L. Banks, Jr., Jackson, Miss., Michael B. Trister, Research Project, Washington, D. C., Armand Derfner, James A. Lewis, Jackson, Miss., Charles Victor McTeer, Greenville, Miss., A. Jane Heidelberg, Cleve McDowell, Clarksdale, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

William H. Maynard, William Bradley, Clarksdale, Miss., Don P. Lacy, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before GOLDBERG, CLARK and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The Coahoma County School District has been operating under a district court desegregation order since 1969. On January 28, 1977, the school board petitioned the court for permission to close Hull Elementary School and to transfer its students to neighboring schools. The court provided appellants an opportunity to file objections, and appellants failed to do so. On February 10, 1977, the court issued an order permitting the closing of the school.

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