LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DIST. v. PULASKI CTY. SP. SCHOOL

Nos. 93-3469EA, 93-3594EA.

56 F.3d 904 (1995)

LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, Plaintiff/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; Ed Bullington; Khayyam Davis; Janice Dent; John Harrison; Alvin Hudson; Tatia Hudson; and Milton Jackson, Appellants, Lorene Joshua; Leslie Joshua; Stacy Joshua; and Wayne Joshua, Intervenors/Appellants, Katherine Knight; Sara Matthews; Becky McKinney; Derrick Miles; Janice Miles; John M. Miles; NAACP; Joyce Person; Brian Taylor; Hilton Taylor; Parsha Taylor; Robert Willingham; and Tonya Willingham, Intervenors, v. PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, # 1; North Little Rock School District; Leon Barnes; Sheryl Dunn; Mac Faulkner; Richard A. Giddings; Marianne Gosser; Don Hindman; Shirley Lowery; Bob Lyon; George A. McCrary; Bob Moore; Steve Morley; Buddy Raines; David Sain; Dale Ward; John Ward; Judy Wear; and Grainger Williams, Defendants, Philip E. Kaplan; Janet Pulliam; and John Bilheimer, Movants, Office of Desegregation Monitor, Claimant, Parent's Plan; Horace A. Walker; P.A. Hollingsworth; and Kenneth G. Torrence, Movants, Dale Charles; Robert L. Brown, Sr.; Gwen Hevey Jackson; Diane Davis; and Raymond Frazier, Plaintiffs/Appellants, Pulaski County Board of Education, Defendant/Appellee, O.G. Jacovelli, Individually and as President of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District; Patricia Gee, Individually and in her Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District, a Public Body; Dr. George Cannon, Individually and in his Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District, a Public Body; John Moore, Individually and in his Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District, a Public Body; Dorsey Jackson, Individually and in his Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District, a Public Body; Dr. Katherine Mitchell, Individually and in her Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District, a Public Body; W.D. Hamilton, Individually and in his Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District, a Public Body; Cecil Bailey, Individually and in his Official Capacity as a Member of the Pulaski County Board of Education, a Public Corporate; Thomas Broughton, Individually and in his Official Capacity as a Member of the Pulaski County Board of Education, a Public Corporate; and Dr. Martin Zoldessy, Individually and in his Official Capacity as a Member of the Pulaski County Board of Education, a Public Corporate, Defendants. LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, Plaintiff/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; Ed Bullington; Khayyam Davis; Janice Dent; John Harrison; Alvin Hudson; Tatia Hudson; and Milton Jackson, Intervenors, Lorene Joshua; Leslie Joshua; Stacy Joshua; and Wayne Joshua, Intervenors/Appellants, Katherine Knight; Sara Matthews; Becky McKinney; Derrick Miles; Janice Miles; John M. Miles; NAACP; Joyce Person; Brian Taylor; Hilton Taylor; Parsha Hilton; Robert Willingham; and Tonya Willingham, Intervenors, v. PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, # 1; and North Little Rock School District, Defendants/Appellees, Leon Barnes; Sheryl Dunn; Mac Faulkner; Richard A. Giddings; Marianne Gosser; Don Hindman; Shirley Lowery; Bob Lyon; George A. McCrary; Bob Moore; Steve Morley; Buddy Raines; David Sain; Dale Ward; John Ward; Judy Wear; and Grainger Williams, Defendants, Philip E. Kaplan; Janet Pulliam; and John Bilheimer, Movants, Office of Desegregation Monitor, Claimant, Parent's Plan; Horace A. Walker; P.A. Hollingsworth; and Kenneth G. Torrence, Movants, Dale Charles; Robert L. Brown, Sr.; Gwen Hevey Jackson; Diane Davis; and Raymond Frazier, Plaintiffs, Pulaski County Board of Education, Defendant, O.G. Jacovelli, Individually and as President of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District; Patricia Gee, Individually and in her Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District, a Public Body; Dr. George Cannon, Individually and in his Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District, a Public Body; John Moore, Individually and in his Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District, a Public Body; Dorsey Jackson, Individually and in his Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District, a Public Body; Dr. Katherine Mitchell, Individually and in her Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District, a Public Body; W.D. Hamilton, Individually and in his Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District, a Public Body; Cecil Bailey, Individually and in his Official Capacity as a Member of the Pulaski County Board of Education, a Public Corporate; Thomas Broughton, Individually and in his Official Capacity as a Member of the Pulaski County Board of Education, a Public Corporate; and Dr. Martin Zoldessy, Individually and in his Official Capacity as a Member of the Pulaski County Board of Education, a Public Corporate, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 5, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Walker and Mark Burnette, Little Rock, AR, argued (David C. Schoen, on the brief), for all the appellants.

Christopher Heller, Little Rock, AR, argued (John Clayburn Fendley, Jr., on the brief), for appellee.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge, HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.


RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

Two appeals1 involving the Little Rock School District (LRSD) are consolidated for our review. In the first case, African-American voters2 appeal the District Court's3 order dismissing their claim under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, § 2, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1973, against LRSD. In the second case, the Joshua Intervenors appeal the District...

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