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RICHARDSON v. BLANTON

Nos. 77-1622, 77-1624.

597 F.2d 1078 (1979)

Raymond RICHARDSON, Jr., et al., Intervening Plaintiffs-Appellants, United States of America, Intervening Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ray BLANTON, Governor of the State of Tennessee, et al., Defendants-Appellees, University of Tennessee, et al., Defendants-Appellees, Tennessee Higher Education Commission, Defendant-Appellee, State Board of Regents, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 13, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Avon N. Williams, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., Jack Greenberg, New York City, for intervening plaintiffs-appellants.

Thomas W. Steele, Gullett, Steele, Sanford & Robinson, Nashville, Tenn., for University of Tennessee.

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

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

Alfred H. Knight, III, Willis & Knight, Nashville, Tenn., for Tennessee Higher Education Commission.

Brooks McLemore, Jr., Atty. Gen. of Tennessee, Nashville, Tenn., for Blanton.

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

LIVELY, Circuit Judge.

These consolidated appeals are from a judgment and order in litigation seeking desegregation of public higher education in Tennessee. The background and a description of the litigation may be found in this court's opinion in Geier v. University of Tennessee, 597 F.2d 1056, (1979). The plaintiffs-appellants Richardson et al. appeal from that portion of the district court's final judgment which approved...

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