LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DIST. v. PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1

Nos. 89-2288, 89-2289, 89-2352 to 89-2354, 90-1165 to 90-1167, 90-1579 and 90-1580.

921 F.2d 1371 (1990)

LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT; Lorene Joshua, as next friend of minors Leslie Joshua, Stacy Joshua, and Wayne Joshua, et al., Intervenors Below, v. PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1; Dr. J.F. Cooley, Sherly Dunn, Shirley Lowery, Sara Brown, Doyan Matthews, Mildred Tatum; Mack McAlister, Appellants, North Little Rock School District, et al.; Nola Burl, Pat Rayburn, Morris Thompson, Theressa Wesley, and John McNee (Burl Intervenors), Appellees. LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, Lorene Joshua, as next friend of minors Leslie Joshua, Stacy Joshua, and Wayne Joshua, et al., Intervenors Below, v. PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1; Dr. J.F. Cooley, Sherly Dunn, Shirley Lowery, Sara Brown, Doyan Matthews, Mildred Tatum; Mack McAlister, North Little Rock School District; Vicki Stephens; Ginny Jones; Murry Witcher; Dixie Harrison; Larry Lazenby; Rose Wilshire, Appellants, Arkansas State Board of Education, et al., Appellees. LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, Lorene Joshua, as next friend of minors Leslie Joshua, Stacy Joshua, and Wayne Joshua, et al., Appellants, Katherine Knight, Individually and as President of the Little Rock Classroom Teachers Association (LRCTA), et al., v. PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1; et al., Nola Burl, Pat Rayburn, Morris Thompson, Theressa Wesley, and John McNee (Burl Intervenors), Appellees. LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellant, Lorene Joshua, as next friend of minors Leslie Joshua, Stacy Joshua, and Wayne Joshua, et al., v. PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1; et al., Nola Burl, Pat Rayburn, Morris Thompson, Theressa Wesley, and John McNee (Burl Intervenors), Appellees. LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, Lorene Joshua, as next friend of minors Leslie Joshua, Stacy Joshua, and Wayne Joshua, et al., v. PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, et al., Appellants, Mac Faulkner, et al., Nola Burl, Pat Rayburn, Morris Thompson, Theressa Wesley, and John McNee (Burl Intervenors), Appellees. LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellee, Anne Mitchell, et al., Alexa Armstrong, Karlos Armstrong, Appellants, Ed Bullington, Khayyam Davis, Appellant, Janice Dent, John Harrison, Alvin Hudson, Tatia Hudson, Appellants, Milton Jackson, Lorene Joshua, Leslie Joshua, Stacy Joshua, Wayne Joshua, Appellants, Katherine Knight, Sara Matthews, Appellants, Becky McKinney, Derrick Miles, Janice Miles, John M. Miles, NAACP, Appellants, Joyce Person, Brian Taylor, et al., Appellants, v. PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DIST. # 1, North Little Rock School District, Appellee, Arkansas State Board of Education, Appellee, Leon Barnes, Sheryl Dunn, Ruth White Tucker, Mac Faulkner, Richard A. Giddings, Marianne Gosser, Mack McAlister, Earle Love, Appellee, Shirley Lowery, Bob Lyon, George A. McCrary, Dr. Harry P. McDonald, Bob Moore, Steve Morley, Robert L. Newton, Appellee, Rae Perry, Mildred Tatum, Doyan Matthews, Jeff Starling, L.D. Harris, Elaine Scott, Nancy Wood, State of Arkansas, Appellees, Bob Stender, Walter Turnbow, Appellee, Dale Ward, John Ward, Judy Wear, Grainger Williams, Dr. J.F. Cooley, Nola Burl, Pat Rayburn, Morris Thompson, Theressa Wesley, and John McNee (Burl Intervenors), Appellees. LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellee, Anne Mitchell, et al., v. PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT # 1, Appellant, North Little Rock School District, Arkansas State Board of Education, Appellee, Leon Barnes, Sheryl Dunn, Ruth White Tucker, Appellants, Mac Faulkner, Richard A. Giddings, Marianne Gosser, Mack McAlister, Appellant, Nola Burl, Pat Rayburn, Morris Thompson, Theressa Wesley, and John McNee (Burl Intervenors), Appellees. LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellee, Anne Mitchell, et al., v. PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT # 1, North Little Rock School District, Appellants, Arkansas State Board of Education, Appellee, Leon Barnes, Appellant, Sheryl Dunn, Ruth White Tucker, Mac Faulkner, Richard A. Giddings, Marianne Gosser, Appellant, Mack McAlister, Earle Love, Appellee, Shirley Lowery, Bob Lyon, Appellant, George A. McCrary, Dr. Harry P. McDonald, Bob Moore, Steve Morley, Appellant, Robert L. Newton, Appellee, Rae Perry, Mildred Tatum, Doyan Matthews, Jeff Starling, L.D. Harris, Elaine Scott, Nancy Wood, State of Arkansas, Appellees, Bob Stender, Walter Turnbow, Appellee, Dale Ward, John Ward, Judy Wear, Appellants, Grainger Williams, Dr. J.F. Cooley, Nola Burl, Pat Rayburn, Morris Thompson, Theressa Wesley, and John McNee (Burl Intervenors), Appellees. LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellee, Anne Mitchell, et al., v. PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT # 1, North Little Rock School District, Appellants, Arkansas State Board of Education, Appellee, Leon Barnes, Sheryl Dunn, Ruth White Tucker, Appellants, Mac Faulkner, Richard A. Giddings, Marianne Gosser, Mack McAlister, Appellants, Earle Love, Appellee, Shirley Lowery, Bob Lyon, Appellants, George A. McCrary, Dr. Harry P. McDonald, Bob Moore, Steve Morley, Appellant, Robert L. Newton, Appellee, Rae Perry, Mildred Tatum, Doyan Matthews, Appellants, Jeff Starling, L.D. Harris, Elaine Scott, Nancy Wood, State of Arkansas, Appellees, Bob Stender, Walter Turnbow, Appellee, Dale Ward, John Ward, Judy Wear, Appellants, Grainger Williams, Dr. J.F. Cooley, Appellant, Nola Burl, Pat Rayburn, Morris Thompson, Theressa Wesley, and John McNee (Burl Intervenors), Appellees. LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellee, Anne Mitchell, Bob Moore, Pat Gee, Pat Rayburn, Mary J. Gage, North Little Rock Classroom Teachers Association, Pulaski Association of Classroom Teachers, Little Rock Classroom Teachers Association, Alexa Armstrong, Karlos Armstrong, Appellants, Ed Bullington, Khayyam Davis, Appellant, Janice Dent, John Harrison, Alvin Hudson, Tatia Hudson, Appellants, Milton Jackson, Lorene Joshua, Leslie Joshua, Stacy Joshua, Appellants, Katherine Knight, Sara Matthews, Appellant, Becky McKinney, Derrick Miles, Janice Miles, John M. Miles, NAACP, Appellants, Joyce Person, Brian Taylor, et al., Appellants, v. PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT # 1, North Little Rock School District, Arkansas State Board of Education, Appellee, Leon Barnes, Sheryl Dunn, Ruth White Tucker, Mac Faulkner, Richard A. Giddings, Marianne Gosser, Mack McAlister, Earle Love, Appellee, Shirley Lowery, Bob Lyon, George A. McCrary, Dr. Harry P. McDonald, Bob Moore, Steve Morley, Robert L. Newton, Appellee, Rae Perry, Mildred Tatum, Doyan Matthews, Jeff Starling, L.D. Harris, Elaine Scott, Nancy Wood, State of Arkansas, Appellees, Bob Stender, Walter Turnbow, Appellee, Dale Ward, John Ward, Judy Wear, Grainger Williams, Dr. J.F. Cooley, Nola Burl, Pat Rayburn, Morris Thompson, Theressa Wesley, and John McNee (Burl Intervenors), Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 12, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Chachkin, New York City, Christopher Heller, M. Samuel Jones, John W. Walker, Stephen W. Jones, Little Rock, Ark., for appellants.

John T. Lavey, H. William Allen, Little Rock, Ark., for appellees.

Before ARNOLD and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges, and HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.


ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

We have before us another chapter in the Little Rock school desegregation case, in the form of ten separate appeals from various orders of the District Court. The case has its roots in the 1950's, when the Supreme Court definitively announced that public opposition to desegregation of the races, no matter how deeply entrenched, could not be allowed to interfere with the full realization of the constitutional rights of black citizens. Cooper...

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