PARENTS FOR QUAL. EDUC. v. FORT WAYNE COMM. SCHOOLS

Civ. No. F 86-325.

728 F.Supp. 1373 (1990)

PARENTS FOR QUALITY EDUCATION WITH INTEGRATION, INC.; Brown, Brandy, Mylan and Demaraus by their mother and next friend, Alisha Brown; Brownlee, Scepter by his mother and next friend, Ora Brownlee; Cook, Torrey and Tereseca by their parents and next friends, Regina and Richard Cook; Phillip Harris by his mother and next friend Diane Harris; Jason and Shawn Hutchens by their mother and next friend, Carolyn Hutchens; Gwenetta Lewis, by her mother and next friend, Patricia Lewis; McClain, Marco, Derrick, Shyra, Antonia, and Kendice by their mother and next friend, Florence McClain; Kendrick Sanders by his mother and next friend, Jacquelyn Sanders; Timothy J. and Brenittella Sneed, by their mother and next friend, Mary A. Sneed; Terrie Young by her mother and next friend, Edith L. Young; Emily Fairchild by her parents and next friends, Janice L. and David L. Fairchild; and Sachs, Claire and Daniel, by their parents and next friends, Barbara and Jeremy Sachs, and all other similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. FORT WAYNE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS CORPORATION; Dr. Bill C. Anthis, Superintendent of the Fort Wayne Community Schools; Ann K. Silletto, President of the Fort Wayne Community Schools Board of School Trustees; Stephen Corona; Richard T. Doermer; Ronald G. Kleopfer; Dr. Bernard Stuart; Dr. Jeff H. Towles, and Eugene A. Yergens, Members of the Fort Wayne Community Schools Board of School Trustees; Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Indiana, Fort Wayne Division.

January 24, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Taylor, Dianne M. Piche, Washington, D.C., Julius L. Chambers, Theodore M. Shaw, Norman J. Chachkin, New York City, Clifton E. Files, Fort Wayne, Ind., Richard B. Fields, Cox & Fields, Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiffs.

Robert S. Walters, James P. Fenton, Fort Wayne, Ind., David Michael Wallman, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, Ind., for defendants.

Richard J. Darko, Indianapolis, Ind., Frederick R. Tourkow, Fort Wayne, Ind., for Fort Wayne Educ. Ass'n, amicus curiae.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ALLEN SHARP, Chief Judge.

This Order explicates in writing the oral announcement and findings made in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on December 14, 1989, and thus complies with the mandates of Rule 52 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

The court has before it a consent decree in twenty-three pages that is marked as "Appendix A" and incorporated herein by reference. As indicated orally, on December 14, 1989, this consent decree is...

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