UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
John F. Knight, Jr., et al., individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellees,
v.
The STATE OF ALABAMA; George C. Wallace, Governor of the State of Alabama; and the Alabama Public School and College Authority; the Alabama State Board of Education; Wayne Teague, State Superintendent of Education; Auburn University, a public corporation; the Board of Trustees for the University of Alabama, a public corporation; Troy State University, a public corporation, Defendants-Appellants,
Board of Trustees for Alabama State University, a public corporation; the Board of Trustees for Alabama A & M University, a public corporation, Defendants.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
October 6, 1987.
October 6, 1987.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jeffrey A. Foshee, Dept. of Postsecondary Educ., Montgomery, Ala., for Alabama State Bd. of Educ. & Wayne Teague.
Ira DeMent, DeMent & Wise, Ronald W. Wise, Montgomery, Ala., for George C. Wallace, Gov. and The Alabama Public School and College Authority.
Richard F. Calhoun, Brantley & Calhoun, Troy, Ala., J. Frederic Ingram, Burr & Forman, William F. Murray, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., for Troy State University.
T.W. Thagard, Jr., Balch & Bingham, Montgomery, Ala., Edward S. Allen, Balch & Bingham, Birmingham, Ala., for Auburn University.
Robert L. Potts, Office of Gen. Counsel for University of Alabama System, C. Glenn Powell, Stanley Jay Murphy, Tuscaloosa, Ala., John O. Cates, The University of Ala., in Huntsville, Robert W. Rieder, Huntsville, Ala., for Bd. of Trustees — University of Alabama.
Frank W. Donaldson, U.S. Atty., Caryl P. Privett, Birmingham, Ala., Mark Gross, U.S. Dept. of Justice, William Brad Reynolds, Jessica D. Silver, Miriam Gisenstein, Michael A. Carvin, Washington, D.C., for U.S.
Solomon S. Seay, Jr., Law Offices of Solomon S. Seay, Jr., & Terry G. Davis, Montgomery, Ala., Armand Derfner, McClain & Derfner, Charleston, S.C., for Bd. of Trustees — Alabama State University.
J.U. Blacksher, Mobile, Ala., for intervenors John F. McKnight, Jr., et al.
Joe R. Whatley, Falkenberry, Whatley & Heidt, Birmingham, Ala., Donald V. Watkins, Watkins, Carter & Knight, Montgomery, Ala., for Bd. of Trustees — Alabama A & M University.
Before VANCE and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
PER CURIAM:
I. INTRODUCTION
This case presents claims of racial discrimination in the State of Alabama's system of public higher education. Complaints filed by the United States and a class representing students, graduates, faculty and staff at Alabama State University allege that defendants have failed to take affirmative steps to remove the vestiges of the dual system of higher education that resulted from the State's past policy of racial segregation...
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