LEE v. ETOWAH COUNTY BD. OF EDUC.

Nos. 88-7551 to 88-7553.

963 F.2d 1416 (1992)

Anthony T. LEE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor, Appellee, National Education Association, Inc., Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. ETOWAH COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, Defendant-Appellee. Anthony T. LEE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor, Appellee, National Education Association, Inc., Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. SYLACAUGA CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION, Defendant-Appellee. Anthony T. LEE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor, Appellee, National Education Association, Inc., Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. TALLADEGA CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 4, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julius L. Chambers, Norman J. Chachkin and Janell M. Byrd, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Frank W. Donaldson, U.S. Atty., Caryl Privett, Asst. U.S. Atty., Birmingham, Ala., Ralph D. Gaines, Jr., Gaines, Gaines & Gaines, P.C., George Douglas, Jr., Talladega, Ala.

James E. Turnbach, Pruett, Turnbach & Warren, P.C., Gadsden, Ala., Louise A. Lerner, David K. Flynn, Civ. Rights Div. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., and Donald B. Sweeney, Jr., Rives & Peterson, Birmingham, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, CLARK, and SMITH, Senior Circuit Judges.


TJOFLAT, Chief Judge:

This opinion addresses the merits of three consolidated appeals,1 each of which derives from a class action brought in 1963 by black parents of school-age children to challenge racial segregation and discrimination in the public schools of Macon County, Alabama. The defendants in these cases are the Etowah County Board of Education (Etowah County) (No. 88-7551), the Sylacauga City Board of Education (Sylacauga City...

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