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UNITED STATES v. PERRY CTY. BD. OF ED.

No. 77-3329.

567 F.2d 277 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. PERRY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION et al., Defendants-Appellees, Joann Parsons et al., Movants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 17, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. McLean Pitts, J. Garrison Thompson, Selma, Ala., for movants-appellants.

Charles S. Coody, T. W. Thagard, Jr., Montgomery, Ala., Michael B. Wise, Educ. Sec., Civ. Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellees.

David L. Norman, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Brian K. Landsberg, Atty., Ross L. Connealy, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., William A. Kimbrough, Jr., U. S. Atty., Mobile, Ala., for United States.

Before THORNBERRY, MORGAN, and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

This school desegregation case, filed by the United States against the Perry County Board of Education in August 1966 pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, has had a long and somewhat tortured history in the district court. This latest chapter involves appellants' attempt to intervene after the Board filed a petition with the district court asking approval of the construction of two new school facilities. The district court approved...

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