SHERPELL v. HUMNOKE SCH. D. NO. 5 OF LONOKE COUNTY

No. 85-2316.

814 F.2d 538 (1987)

Brenda SHERPELL, As Parent and Next Friend of Clyde Sherpell; and Easter Bell, As Parent and Next Friend of Malinda Bell; and Katherine Raynor, As Parent and Next Friend of Marcie Raynor; and Ethel Criss, As Parent and Next Friend of Michael Criss; and Joe Bryant, As Parent and Next Friend of Patrick Bryant, Appellees, v. HUMNOKE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 5 OF LONOKE COUNTY; and Leroy Isbell, Individually and as President of Humnoke School Board; and Tom Camp, Harry Loftis, Lillian Calvert and Elbert Carter, Individually and as Members of the Humnoke Public School Board; Tommy Jones, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Ross Smith, Little Rock, Ark., for appellants.

C. Lani Guinier, New York City, for appellees.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and MAGILL, Circuit Judge.


HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

Officials of the Humnoke School District No. 5 of Lonoke County, Arkansas, appeal from a district court1 decision finding them liable for violating students' and parents' rights under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985 and the fourteenth amendment and setting forth a procedure to begin redressing the violations. On motion of appellees, we dismiss the appeal without prejudice as premature.

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