UNITED STATES v. SOUTH BEND COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP.

Nos. 81-1792, 81-2062.

692 F.2d 623 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SOUTH BEND COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees, and Clay Quality Education II, Inc. and South Bend Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Proposed Intervenors, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 28, 1982.

Opinion October 14, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald A. Schabel, Indianapolis, Ind., Tresa Demachak, N.A.A.C.P., New York City, for proposed intervenors, appellants.

Franklin A. Morse, II, Thornburg, McGill, Deahl, Harman, Carey & Murray, South Bend, Ind., for defendants-appellants.

Louise Lerner, Civ. Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, BAUER, Circuit Judge, and DOYLE, Senior District Judge.


CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.

The United States filed this suit in February 1980 against the South Bend Community School Corporation, its superintendent, its Board of School Trustees and the 7 members thereof alleging that defendants had engaged in various acts of discrimination with the intent and effect of segregating students and faculty on the basis of race in the South Bend, Indiana public school system. The suit was brought under Section 407 of Title IV of the Civil...

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