LIDDELL BY LIDDELL v. BOARD OF EDUC.

No. 91-2941.

967 F.2d 1241 (1992)

Michael C. LIDDELL, a minor, by Minnie LIDDELL, his mother and next friend; Kendra Liddell, a minor, by Minnie Liddell, her mother and next friend; Minnie Liddell; Roderick D. LeGrand, a minor, by Lois LeGrand, his mother and next friend; Lois LeGrand; Clodis Yarber, a minor, by Samuel Yarber, his father and next friend; Samuel Yarber; Earline Caldwell; Lillie Caldwell; Gwendolyn Daniels; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; United States of America; City of St. Louis, Plaintiffs, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the CITY OF ST. LOUIS, Appellant, John P. Mahoney, President, Board of Education of the City of St. Louis; Penelope Alcott, a member of the Board of Education; Marjorie R. Smith, a member of the Board of Education; Earl E. Nance, Jr., a member of the Board of Education; Thomas F. Bugel, a member of the Board of Education; Louis P. Fister, a member of the Board of Education; Nancy L. Hagan, a member of the Board of Education; Earl P. Holt, III, a member of the Board of Education; Shirley M. Kiel, a member of the Board of Education; Gwendolyn A. Moore, a member of the Board of Education; Dr. Joyce M. Thomas, a member of the Board of Education; Rufus Young, Jr.; Julius C. Dix; David J. Mahan, Interim Superintendent of Schools; Ronald Leggett, St. Louis Collector of Revenue, Defendants, State of Missouri; John Ashcroft, Governor of the State of Missouri; William Webster, Attorney General; Wendell Bailey, Treasurer; James Moody, Commissioner of Administration; Robert E. Bartman, Commissioner of Education; Missouri State Board of Education; Roseann Bentley, member of the Missouri State Board of Education; Raymond McCallister, Jr., member of the Missouri State Board of Education; Susan D. Finke, member of the Missouri State Board of Education; Thomas R. Davis, member of the Missouri State Board of Education; Gary D. Cunningham, member of the Missouri State Board of Education; Rebecca M. Cook, member of the Missouri State Board of Education; Sharon M. Williams, member of the Missouri State Board of Education, Appellees, Special School District of St. Louis County; Affton Board of Education; Bayless Board of Education; Brentwood Board of Education; Clayton Board of Education; Ferguson-Florissant Board of Education; Hancock Place Board of Education; Hazelwood Board of Education; Jennings Board of Education; Kirkwood Board of Education; Ladue Board of Education; Lindbergh Board of Education; Maplewood-Richmond Heights Board of Education; Mehlville Board of Education; Normandy Board of Education; Parkway Board of Education; Pattonville Board of Education; Ritenour Board of Education; Riverview Gardens Board of Education; Rockwood Board of Education; University City Board of Education; Valley Park Board of Education; Webster Groves Board of Education; Wellston Board of Education; St. Louis County; Buzz Westfall, County Executive; James Baker, Director of Administration, St. Louis County, Missouri; Robert H. Peterson, Collector of St. Louis County "Contract Account," St. Louis County, Missouri, Defendants, St. Louis Teachers' Union, Local 420, AFT, AFL-CIO, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 26, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Charles Brostron, St. Louis, Mo., argued (Kenneth C. Brostron, Stephen A. Cooper, Joan M. Swartz and Steven J. McMahon, on the brief), for appellant.

John Joseph Lynch, St. Louis, Mo., argued (Michael J. Fields, Bart A. Matanic and John J. Lynch, on the brief), for appellees.

Before McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge, HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and FAGG, Circuit Judge.


HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

The Board of Education of the City of St. Louis appeals from a decision of the district court denying several budget requests for the city's magnet schools. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

On February 4, 1984, this court approved a settlement agreement calling for the establishment and operation of magnet schools in the City of St. Louis. Liddell v. State of Missouri, 731 F.2d 1294

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