NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATIONAL FUND v. DEVINE

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred R. Mollin, Atty. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with whom J. Paul McGrath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C. (at the time the brief was filed) and Anthony J. Steinmeyer, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellant.

Charles Stephen Ralston, New York City, with whom James M. Nabrit III, New York City, Elaine R. Jones, Washington, D.C., Barry L. Goldstein, Brent Simmons, William L. Robinson, New York City, Norman J. Chachkin, Stuart J. Land, Boris Feldman, Robert T. Coulter, Walter B. Slocombe, M. Carolyn Cox and Douglas B. Jordan, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Mozart G. Ratner and Allison Beck, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for amicus curiae Intern. Ass'n of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO, urging reversal.

Before WRIGHT, EDWARDS and STARR, Circuit Judges.