BERRY v. SCHOOL DIST. OF CITY OF BENTON HARBOR

No. CA 9.

494 F.Supp. 118 (1980)

Barbara Jean BERRY et al., Plaintiffs, v. SCHOOL DISTRICT OF the CITY OF BENTON HARBOR et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Michigan, S. D.

June 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas I. Atkins, Gen. Counsel, NAACP Sp. Contribution Fund, New York City, Duane A. Elston, NAACP Sp. Contribution Fund, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiffs.

John D. Tully, Warner, Norcross & Judd, Grand Rapids, Mich., Stephen C. Small, Small & Small, Benton Harbor, Mich., for Benton Harbor Schools.

E. Michael Stafford, Farhat, Burns & Story, P. C., Lansing, Mich., for Coloma Bd. of Ed.

Francis A. Jones, III, John L. Crow, Hartwig, Crow, Jones & Postelli, St. Joseph, Mich., for Eau Claire Bd. of Ed.

James E. Riley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lansing, Mich., for State of Michigan.

Lee Boothby, Boothby, Huff & Yingst, Berrien Springs, Mich., for intervening defendant Zelma Fulner, et al.

Andrew J. Burch, Coloma, Mich., for defendant Baldwin and concerned parents of Hagar Tp.

Thomas J. Nordberg, Thrun, Maatsch & Nordberg, P. C., Lansing, Mich., for Berrien County Intermediate School Dist.

Theodore W. Swift, Thomas A. Baird, Foster, Swift, Collins & Coey, Lansing, Mich., for intervening defendant, Michigan Ed. Ass'n.

Arthur G. Preston, Jr., St. Joseph, Mich., for defendant William S. Sinclair.


OPINION

DOUGLAS W. HILLMAN, District Judge.

In July, 1978, then Chief Judge Noel P. Fox of this district filed his findings of fact and conclusions of law on the question of liability in Phase II of this case. 467 F.Supp. 630 (W.D.Mich.1978). Before final remedial orders were entered, Judge Fox withdrew for reasons of health and following a blind draw among the other district judges, the case was reassigned to me. Thereafter...

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