LIDDELL v. BOARD OF ED. OF CITY OF ST. LOUIS

Craton LIDDELL, a Minor, et al., Appellants, and Mary Puleo, Gerard Puleo, Emma Dannenberg, Robin Dannenberg, Louis Reineri and Mary Anjela Reineri, representing the "Involved Citizens Committee" United States of America, Appellee, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the CITY OF ST. LOUIS and Daniel L. Schlafly, Frederick E. Busse, Gordon L. Benson, Malcolm W. Martin, Mrs. Anita L. Bond, Mrs. Joyce Bowen, Henry M. Grich, Jr. (Secretary), Rev. James L. Cummings (President), Mrs. Erma J. Lawrence, Rev. Donald E. Mayer (Vice President), Lawrence Moser, Charles Harris, and Julius C. Dix, Benjamin M. Price, Robert W. Bernthal, David J. Mahan, Charles Brasfield (School District Superintendent) and Robert E. Wentz (Superintendent of Schools), Appellees, and The State of Missouri, Arthur Mallory, Commissioner of Education of the State of Missouri, The State of Missouri Board of Education. Craton LIDDELL, a Minor, by Minnie Liddell, his Mother and Next Friend, and Minnie Liddell; Joanna Goldsby, a Minor, by Barbara Goldsby, her Mother and Next Friend, and Barbara Goldsby; Deborah Yarber, a Minor, by Samuel Yarber, her Father and Next Friend, and Samuel Yarber; Nathalie Moore, a Minor, by Louise Moore, her Mother and Next Friend, and Louise Moore; Rachelle LeGrand, a Minor, by Lois LeGrand, her Mother and Next Friend, and Lois LeGrand; on behalf of themselves and all other school-age children and their parents residing in the metropolitan school district of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, and Earline Caldwell, Lillie Caldwell, Denise Daniels, Dwane Daniels, Gwendolyn Daniels, Cedric Williams, Stephanie Williams, Gloria Williams, Janis Hutcherson, Lee Hutcherson, Robert Smith, Eddie S. Willis and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Appellees, City of St. Louis, Appellee, Janice Adams and Jack Adams, Jr., Minors, by Jerrianne Adams, their Natural Guardian and Next Friend, and Jerrianne Adams; Catherine M. Neel and Camille A. Neel, Minors, by Catherine Neel, their Natural Guardian and Next Friend, and Catherine Neel; Mary Edington and Susan Edington, Minors, by Horace Edington, their Natural Guardian and Next Friend, and Horace Edington; The Concerned Parents for Neighborhood Schools, and Mary Puleo, Gerard Puleo, Emma Dannenberg, Robin Dannenberg, Louis Reineri and Mary Anjela Reineri, representing the "Involved Citizens Committee" United States of America, Appellee, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the CITY OF ST. LOUIS and Daniel L. Schlafly, Frederick E. Busse, Gordon L. Benson, Malcolm W. Martin, Mrs. Anita L. Bond, Mrs. Joyce Bowen, Henry M. Grich, Jr. (Secretary), Rev. James L. Cummings (President), Mrs. Erma J. Lawrence, Rev. Donald E. Mayer (Vice President), Lawrence Moser, Charles Harris, and Julius C. Dix, Benjamin M. Price, Robert W. Bernthal, David J. Mahan, Charles Brasfield (School District Superintendent) and Robert E. Wentz (Superintendent of Schools), Appellees, and The State of Missouri, Arthur Mallory, Commissioner of Education of the State of Missouri, The State of Missouri Board of Education, Appellant. Craton LIDDELL, a Minor, by Minnie Liddell, his Mother and Next Friend, and Minnie Liddell; Joanna Goldsby, a Minor, by Barbara Goldsby, her Mother and Next Friend, and Barbara Goldsby; Deborah Yarber, a Minor, by Samuel Yarber, her Father and Next Friend, and Samuel Yarber; Nathalie Moore, a Minor, by Louise Moore, her Mother and Next Friend, and Louise Moore; Rachelle LeGrand, a Minor, by Lois LeGrand, her Mother and Next Friend, and Lois LeGrand, on behalf of themselves and all other school-age children and their parents residing in the metropolitan school district of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, Appellants, and Earline Caldwell, Lillie Caldwell, Denise Daniels, Dwane Daniels, Gwendolyn Daniels, Cedric Williams, Stephanie Williams, Gloria Williams, Janis Hutcherson, Lee Hutcherson, Robert Smith, Eddie S. Willis and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, City of St. Louis, Janice Adams and Jack Adams, Jr., Minors, by Jerrianne Adams, their Natural Guardian and Next Friend, and Jerrianne Adams; Catherine M. Neel and Camille A. Neel, Minors, by Catherine Neel, their Natural Guardian and Next Friend, and Catherine Neel; Mary Edington and Susan Edington, Minors, by Horace Edington, their Natural Guardian and Next Friend, and Horace Edington, The Concerned Parents for Neighborhood Schools, and Mary Puleo, Gerard Puleo, Emma Dannenberg, Robin Dannenberg, Louis Reineri and Mary Anjela Reineri, representing the "Involved Citizens Committee" United States of America, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the CITY OF ST. LOUIS and Daniel L. Schlafly, Frederick E. Busse, Gordon L. Benson, Malcolm W. Martin, Mrs. Anita L. Bond, Mrs. Joyce Bowen, Henry M. Grich, Jr. (Secretary), Rev. James L. Cummings (President), Mrs. Erma J. Lawrence, Rev. Donald E. Mayer (Vice President), Lawrence Moser, Charles Harris, and Julius C. Dix, Benjamin M. Price, Robert W. Bernthal, David J. Mahan, Charles Brasfield (School District Superintendent) and Robert E. Wentz (Superintendent of Schools), Appellees, and The State of Missouri, Arthur Mallory, Commissioner of Education of the State of Missouri, The State of Missouri Board of Education, Appellees. Craton LIDDELL, a Minor, by Minnie Liddell, his Mother and Next Friend, and Minnie Liddell; Joanna Goldsby, a Minor, by Barbara Goldsby, her Mother and Next Friend, and Barbara Goldsby; Deborah Yarber, a Minor, by Samuel Yarber, her Father and Next Friend, and Samuel Yarber; Nathalie Moore, a Minor, by Louise Moore, her Mother and Next Friend, and Louise Moore; Rachelle LeGrand, a Minor, by Lois LeGrand, her Mother and Next Friend, and Lois LeGrand, on behalf of themselves and all other school-age children and their parents residing in the metropolitan school district of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, and Earline Caldwell, Lillie Caldwell, Denise Daniels, Dwane Daniels, Gwendolyn Daniels, Cedric Williams, Stephanie Williams, Gloria Williams, Janis Hutcherson, Lee Hutcherson, Robert Smith, Eddie S. Willis and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Appellants, City of St. Louis, Janice Adams and Jack Adams, Jr., Minors, by Jerrianne Adams, their Natural Guardian and Next Friend, and Jerrianne Adams; Catherine M. Neel and Camille A. Neel, Minors, by Catherine Neel, their Natural Guardian and Next Friend, and Catherine Neel; Mary Edington and Susan Edington, Minors, by Horace Edington, their Natural Guardian and Next Friend, and Horace Edington, The Concerned Parents for Neighborhood Schools, and Mary Puleo, Gerard Puleo, Emma Dannenberg, Robin Dannenberg, Louis Reineri and Mary Anjela Reineri, representing the "Involved Citizens Committee" United States of America, Appellee, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the CITY OF ST. LOUIS and Daniel L. Schlafly, Frederick E. Busse, Gordon L. Benson, Malcolm W. Martin, Mrs. Anita L. Bond, Mrs. Joyce Bowen, Henry M. Grich, Jr. (Secretary), Rev. James L. Cummings (President), Mrs. Erma J. Lawrence, Rev. Donald E. Mayer (Vice President), Lawrence Moser, Charles Harris, and Julius C. Dix, Benjamin M. Price, Robert W. Bernthal, David J. Mahan, Charles Brasfield (School District Superintendent) and Robert E. Wentz (Superintendent of Schools), Appellee, and The State of Missouri, Arthur Mallory, Commissioner of Education of the State of Missouri, The State of Missouri Board of Education. Craton LIDDELL, a Minor, by Minnie Liddell, his Mother and Next Friend, and Minnie Liddell; Joanna Goldsby, a Minor, by Barbara Goldsby, her Mother and Next Friend, and Barbara Goldsby; Deborah Yarber, a Minor, by Samuel Yarber, her Father and Next Friend, and Samuel Yarber; Nathalie Moore, a Minor, by Louise Moore, her Mother and Next Friend, and Louise Moore; Rachelle LeGrand, a Minor, by Lois LeGrand, her Mother and Next Friend, and Lois LeGrand, on behalf of themselves and all other school-age children and their parents residing in the metropolitan school district of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, and Earline Caldwell, Lillie Caldwell, Denise Daniels, Dwane Daniels, Gwendolyn Daniels, Cedric Williams, Stephanie Williams, Gloria Williams, Janis Hutcherson, Lee Hutcherson, Robert Smith, Eddie S. Willis and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Appellants, City of St. Louis, Janice Adams and Jack Adams, Jr., Minors, by Jerrianne Adams, their Natural Guardian and Next Friend, and Jerrianne Adams; Catherine M. Neel and Camille A. Neel, Minors, by Catherine Neel, their Natural Guardian and Next Friend, and Catherine Neel; Mary Edington and Susan Edington, Minors, by Horace Edington, their Natural Guardian and Next Friend, and Horace Edington, The Concerned Parents for Neighborhood Schools, and Mary Puleo, Gerard Puleo, Emma Dannenberg, Robin Dannenberg, Louis Reineri and Mary Anjela Reineri, representing the "Involved Citizens Committee" United States of America, Appellee, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the CITY OF ST. LOUIS and Daniel L. Schlafly, Frederick E. Busse, Gordon L. Benson, Malcolm W. Martin, Mrs. Anita L. Bond, Mrs. Joyce Bowen, Henry M. Grich, Jr. (Secretary), Rev. James L. Cummings (President), Mrs. Erma J. Lawrence, Rev. Donald E. Mayer (Vice President), Lawrence Moser, Charles Harris, and Julius C. Dix, Benjamin M. Price, Robert W. Bernthal, David J. Mahan, Charles Brasfield (School District Superintendent) and Robert E. Wentz (Superintendent of Schools), Appellees, and The State of Missouri, Arthur Mallory, Commissioner of Education of the State of Missouri, The State of Missouri Board of Education, Appellees.