BOOKER v. SPECIAL SCHOOL DIST. NO. 1, ETC.

No. 78-1502.

585 F.2d 347 (1978)

Jeanette BOOKER, by Curtis C. Chivers, her grandfather and guardian ad litem, David G. Hage, by George S. Hage, his father and guardian ad litem, and Montez Willis, by James M. Willis, her father and guardian ad litem, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Appellees, v. SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, Superintendent of Schools, Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Chairperson, Board of Education, Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 12, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane W. Krohnke of Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellants.

Charles Quaintance, Jr. of Maslon, Kaplan, Edelman, Borman, Brand & McNulty, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellees; William Z. Pentelovitch, Minneapolis, Minn., on brief.

Larry B. Leventhal, Minneapolis, Minn., amicus curiae, for Indian Parent Committee of Minneapolis, et al.

Walter W. Barnett and Thomas M. Keeling, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., amicus curiae, for United States; Andrew W. Danielson, U. S. Atty., Minneapolis, Minn., and Drew S. Day, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., on brief.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, and ROSS and HENLEY, Circuit Judges.


HENLEY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by public school authorities of Minneapolis, Minnesota,1 from an order entered on May 22, 1978 by District (now Senior) Judge Earl R. Larson of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota in a school integration suit commenced in 1971 by and on behalf of Negro students residing in the District. Plaintiffs were permitted to maintain the action as a class suit for the benefit of...

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