STELL v. SAVANNAH-CHATHAM COUNTY BD. OF EDUC.

No. 88-8465.

888 F.2d 82 (1989)

Ralph STELL, a minor, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor, Appellant, v. SAVANNAH-CHATHAM COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, a public body corporate, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 8, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lowell Johnston, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Norman J. Chachkin, New York City, for Stell.

Irving Gornstein, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for U.S.

Steven E. Scheer, Lee, Smith, Thompson, Black, Scheer & Hart, Savannah, Ga., Alfred A. Lindseth, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Judith A. O'Brien, Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before RONEY, Chief Judge, JOHNSON, Circuit Judge, and YOUNG, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied November 8, 1989.

RONEY, Chief Judge:

In this Savannah public school desegregation case, the central issue on this appeal is whether the district court was within its discretion in approving as a remedy for past discrimination, a desegregation plan which relies heavily on magnet programs in predominantly black schools and voluntary "majority to minority" transfers. Inasmuch as prior plans which provided for mandatory...

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