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

Nos. 81-1828, 81-1940, 81-2003, 81-2042, 81-2043, 81-2086, 81-2127 and 81-2134 to 81-2140.

677 F.2d 626 (1982)

Craton LIDDELL, et al., and Earline Caldwell, et al., City of St. Louis, Janice Adams, et al., and Mary Puleo, et al., United States of America, Appellees, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the CITY OF ST. LOUIS, et al., and State of Missouri, et al., Special School District of St. Louis County, St. Louis County, et al., and Affton School District, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 25, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph R. Niemann, City Counselor, Robert H. Dierker, Jr., Francis M. Oates, Asst. City Counselors, St. Louis, Mo., for City of St. Louis.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Larry R. Marshall, Daniel R. Schramm, Steven W. Garrett, Robert L. Presson, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jefferson City, for State appellees.

George J. Bude, Clayton, Mo., for appellees Bayless, Brentwood, Hancock Place and Jennings School Districts.

Anthony J. Sestric, St. Louis, Mo., for Janice Adams, et al.

Burton M. Greenberg, David C. Welsch, London, Greenberg & Fleming, St. Louis, Mo., for Craton Liddell, et al.

Thomas E. Dittmeier, U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., Wm. Bradford Reynolds, Asst. Atty. Gen., Walter W. Barnett, James W. Clute, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Edward E. Murphy, Jr., Clayton, Mo., for School Dist. of Riverview Gardens.

Thompson & Mitchell, Donald J. Stohr, James W. Erwin, R. J. Robertson, Jr., St. Louis, Mo., for Parkway School Dist.

Robert G. McClintock, St. Louis, Mo., for Ladue School Dist.

Thomas W. Wehrle, St. Louis County Counselor, Andrew J. Minardi, Susan Pippa, Asst. County Counselors, Clayton, Mo., for St. Louis County Government defendants.

William E. Caldwell, Richard B. Fields, Ratner & Sugarmon, Memphis, Tenn., Thomas I. Atkins, Teresa Demchak, New York City, William Taylor, Washington, D. C., for appellants Earline Caldwell, et al.

John H. Lashly, Paul B. Rava, Kenneth C. Brostrom, Stephen A. Cooper, Lashly, Caruthers, Thies, Rava & Hamel, A Professional Corp., St. Louis, Mo., David S. Tatel, George W. Miller, Allen R. Snyder, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, D. C., for Bd. of Ed. of City of St. Louis, et al.

Before HEANEY, BRIGHT and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Questions concerning the integration of the public schools of the City of St. Louis have been before this Court on numerous occasions and before the United States Supreme Court three times.1 Pursuant to our opinions and those of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, some steps toward the goal of an integrated school system have been taken. The previously all-white schools in South...

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