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

Nos. 85-2194, 85-2275.

801 F.2d 278 (1986)

Craton LIDDELL, et al v. The BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the CITY OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, et al. The BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the CITY OF ST. LOUIS, State of Missouri, Appellant, v. The STATE OF MISSOURI; Arthur Mallory, Commissioner of Education of the State of Missouri, in his official capacity; The State of Missouri Board of Education; John Ashcroft, Governor of the State of Missouri; William Webster, Attorney General of the State of Missouri; Wendell Bailey, Treasurer of the State of Missouri; Stephen C. Bradford, Commissioner of Administration of the State of Missouri; The State of Missouri Board of Education and its Members Erwin A. Williamson (President), Jimmy Robertson (Vice-President), Grover A. Gamm, Delmar A. Cobble, Dale M. Thompson, Donald W. Shelton and Robert Welling, Appellees. The BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the CITY OF ST. LOUIS, State of Missouri, Appellee, v. The STATE OF MISSOURI; Arthur Mallory, Commissioner of Education of the State of Missouri, in his official capacity; The State of Missouri Board of Education; John Ashcroft, Governor of the State of Missouri; William Webster, Attorney General of the State of Missouri; Wendell Bailey, Treasurer of the State of Missouri; Stephen C. Bradford, Commissioner of Administration of the State of Missouri; The State of Missouri Board of Education and its Members, Erwin A. Williamson (President), Jimmy Robertson (Vice-President), Grover A. Gamm, Delmar A. Cobble, Dale M. Thompson, Donald W. Shelton and Robert Welling, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 5, 1986.

Rehearing Denied November 6, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth C. Brostron, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant/cross appellee, Bd. of Educ.

Robert Presson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for appellee/cross appellant, State of Mo.

Before HEANEY, Circuit Judge, FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

The St. Louis school desegregation case is before this Court for the ninth time.1 Our past opinions have purposely left a great deal of discretion to the parties to this action. Although it would be preferable to continue that course, we must be more precise if the decisions of this Court to integrate the St. Louis school system are to be fully and fairly implemented.

Notwithstanding our lack of precision...

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