DOWELL v. OKL. CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, IND. DIST. 89

No. Civ-61-9452-B.

677 F.Supp. 1503 (1987)

Robert L. DOWELL, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the OKLAHOMA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, INDEPENDENT DISTRICT NO. 89, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Oklahoma.

December 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman J. Chachkin and Theodore M. Shaw, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, New York City, John W. Walker of John W. Walker, P.C., Little Rock, Ark. and Lewis Barber, Jr., of Barber/Traviolia, Oklahoma City, Okl., for plaintiffs.

Ronald L. Day and Laurie W. Jones of Fenton, Fenton, Smith, Reneau & Moon, Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendants.

William S. Price, U.S. Atty., Oklahoma City, Okl., Wm. Bradford Reynolds, Asst. Atty. Gen., Roger Clegg, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., David K. Flynn and Mark L. Gross, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., filed an amicus curiae brief for the U.S.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

BOHANON, District Judge.

No matter how complex the remedial plan invoked, it is irrational to assume that a school desegregation plan will be able to serve the needs of the community indefinitely. Oklahoma City, or any other community served by a unitary school system, will not remain demographically stable, "for in a growing, mobile society, few will do so." Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, 402...

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