REED v. RHODES

Nos. 76-2602, 76-2604, 78-3156 and 78-3157.

607 F.2d 714 (1979)

Robert Anthony REED, III et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. James A. RHODES et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 23, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas I. Atkins, Boston, Mass., Joseph P. Meissner, James L. Hardiman, Cleveland, Ohio, Nathaniel R. Jones, N.A.A.C.P., New York City, Louis R. Lucas, Memphis, Tenn., Teresa Demchak, Cleveland, Ohio, Jeremiah Glassman, John C. Hoyle, Civ. Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Vincent Campanella, Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiffs-appellees.

George I. Meisel, Charles F. Clarke, James P. Murphy, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, John H. Bustamante, Bustamante, Donohoe & Palmisano Co., L.P.A., Cleveland, Ohio, James E. Michael, Roy F. Martin, Asst. Attys. Gen., Columbus, Ohio, Mark O'Neill, Weston, Hurd, Fallon & Howley, James L. McCrystal, Jr., Cleveland, Ohio, for defendants-appellants.

Victor DeMarco, Dennis Kelly, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, Ohio, for Cleveland Trust Co. and National City Bank.

John R. Climaco, Shimon Kaplan, Cleveland, Ohio, for amicus curiae The Brotherhood of Cleveland Public School Custodians and Employees, Local Union 777.

Wayne G. Hawley, American Civil Liberties Union of Cleveland Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union.

John Hoyle, Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Appellate Section, Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae U. S.

Eleanor Rickey-Stevens, Cleveland, Ohio, amicus curiae.

Before EDWARDS, Chief Judge, and LIVELY and ENGEL, Circuit Judges.


EDWARDS, Chief Judge.

In this opinion we review the findings of the District Judge and a lengthy record of trial in a case charging the Cleveland Board of Education and the State Board of Education of Ohio with operating a school system which was unconstitutionally segregated on the basis of race. The District Judge found that in 1973, when this case was filed, the Cleveland School Board was operating such a dual school system:

In 1973, the District maintained...

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