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GEIER v. UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

Nos. 77-1621, 77-1623 and 77-1625.

597 F.2d 1056 (1979)

Rita Sanders GEIER et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, United States of America, Intervening Plaintiff-Appellee, Raymond Richardson, Jr., et al., Intervening Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE et al., Defendants-Appellants, Tennessee Higher Education Commission, Defendant-Appellant, State Board of Regents, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 13, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Steele, Gullett, Steele, Sanford & Robinson, Nashville, Tenn., for defendants-appellants in Nos. 77-1621 and 77-1625.

George E. Barrett, Barrett, Lenahan, Kniffen & Ray, Nashville, Tenn., for Geier.

Brian K. Landsberg, Robert J. Reinstein, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the United States.

D. Bruce Shine, Ferguson & Shine, Kingsport, Tenn., Joseph O. Fuller, Fuller & Tunnell, Kingsport, Tenn., for State Board of Regents.

Avon N. Williams, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., Jack Greenberg, New York City, for Richardson.

Alfred H. Knight, III, Willis & Knight, Nashville, Tenn., for defendants-appellants in No. 77-1623.

Before LIVELY and ENGEL, Circuit Judges, and PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.

LIVELY, Circuit Judge.

The issues in this appeal relate to court-ordered desegregation of public institutions of higher education in Tennessee. The appellants are the University of Tennessee, its president and board of trustees (hereafter referred to collectively as UT Board) and the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (hereafter THEC), all defendants below. The appellees are the original plaintiffs, Rita Sanders Geier et al., the United States of America and Raymond...

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