OLIVER v. KALAMAZOO BD. OF EDUC.

Nos. 80-1682, 80-1683, 80-1717, 81-1277, 81-1741 and 81-1770.

706 F.2d 757 (1983)

Michelle OLIVER, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Kalamazoo Education Association and Michigan Education Association (80-1682, 80-1683, 81-1277, 81-1741), Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellants, v. KALAMAZOO BOARD OF Education, et al., Defendants-Appellees, and Michigan State Board of Education, et al., (80-1717), Defendants-Appellants, Kalamazoo Board of Education (81-1770), Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 6, 1983.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 27, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Baird (argued), Foster, Swift, Collins & Coey, P.C., Lansing, Mich., for Kalamazoo Educ. Ass'n and Michigan Educ. Ass'n, plaintiffs-intervenors-appellants.

Robert A. Derengoski, Sol. Gen., Frank J. Kelley, Atty. Gen., Louis J. Caruso, Sol. Gen., Gerald F. Young, Richard P. Gartner (argued), Asst. Attys. Gen., Lansing, Mich., for Michigan State Bd. of Educ., et al., defendants-appellants.

Arthur Staton, Jr. (argued), Ford, Kriekard, Staton, Allen & Decker, P.C., Kalamazoo, Mich., for Kalamazoo Bd. of Educ., defendant-appellant.

Thomas I. Atkins, Gen. Counsel, Michael H. Sussman, Asst. Gen. Counsel (argued), NAACP Special Contribution Fund, Brooklyn Heights, N.Y., for Michelle Oliver, et al., plaintiffs-appellees.

Bruce A. Miller, Miller, Cohen, Martens & Sugerman, P.C., Detroit, Mich., filed brief amicus curiae, for American Federation of Teachers.

Before KENNEDY, Circuit Judge, PECK and BROWN, Senior Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 27, 1983.

BAILEY BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.

The issues presented in this proceeding involve the scope of the district court's remedial powers in a school desegregation case once a constitutional violation has been determined. The primary issue is whether the court has the power, nine years after issuing an injunction desegregating the students, to impose a quota for the hiring of black teachers and, concomitantly...

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