ANDERSON v. DOUGHERTY CTY. BD. OF ED.

Nos. 79-2327, 79-2666.

609 F.2d 225 (1980)

Laurita ANDERSON et al., Plaintiffs, Shirley Gaines et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DOUGHERTY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, a public body corporate et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 7, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Stephen Ralston, New York City, Herbert E. Phipps, Chevene B. King, Albany, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jesse W. Walters, County Atty., Albany, Ga., Stephen J. Pollak, Richard M. Sharp, Washington, D. C., Theodore G. Frankel, Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before TUTTLE, VANCE and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.


KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge.

This is the most recent in a series of related actions beginning in 1963 seeking desegregation of the Dougherty County public schools. Since September 3, 1971, the schools have been operating under a modified HEW plan.1 In Gaines v. Dougherty County Board of Education, 465 F.2d 363 (5th Cir. 1972), we found that this modified HEW plan did not comply with the Supreme Court...

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