JENKINS BY AGYEI v. STATE OF MO.

No. 90-2895.

967 F.2d 1248 (1992)

Kalima JENKINS, by her next friend, Kamau AGYEI; Carolyn Dawson, by her next friend Richard Dawson; Tufanza A. Byrd, by her next friend Teresa Byrd; Derek A. Dydell, by his next friend Maurice Dydell; Terrance Cason, by his next friend Antoria Cason; Jonathan Wiggins, by his next friend Rosemary Jacobs Love; Kirk Allan Ward, by his next friend Mary Ward; Robert M. Hall, by his next friend Denise Hall; Dwayne A. Turrentine, by his next friend Shelia Turrentine; Gregory A. Pugh, by his next friend, David Winters; on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; Plaintiffs-Appellees, School District of Kansas City, Missouri; Claude C. Perkins, Superintendent thereof; Plaintiffs, American Federation of Teachers, Local 691, Intervenor below, v. STATE OF MISSOURI; Honorable John Ashcroft, Governor of the State of Missouri; Wendell Bailey, Treasurer of the State of Missouri; Missouri State Board of Education; Roseann Bentley, Member of the Missouri State Board of Education; Dan L. Blackwell, 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, presiding, Member of the Missouri State Board of Education; Cynthia B. Thompson, 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; Robert E. Bartman, Commissioner of Education of the State of Missouri, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bart A. Matanic, Jefferson City, Mo., argued (Michael J. Fields, on the brief), for appellant.

Arthur A. Benson, II, Kansas City, Mo., argued (Dianne E. Moritz, on the brief), for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge, HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.


JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

The State of Missouri appeals from a district court order in the Kansas City school desegregation case granting the plaintiff class attorneys' fees against the State for defending the remedial plan in this case from attacks by intervenors in the Jenkins suit and by plaintiffs in a collateral suit. Order of October 10, 1990, slip op. at 3-4. The State relies on inferences from Independent...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases