COALITION TO SAVE OUR CHILDREN v. BD. OF EDUC.

No. 95-7452.

90 F.3d 752 (1996)

COALITION TO SAVE OUR CHILDREN, Appellant, v. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the STATE OF DELAWARE; Board of Education of the Christiana School District; Board of Education of the Brandywine School District; Board of Education of the Colonial School District; Board of Education of the Red Clay School District; Delaware House of Representatives Committee on Desegregation.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 24, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Barr, David Boies (argued), Sandra C. Goldstein, Katherine B. Forrest, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, Thomas J. Henderson (argued), Pace J. McConkie, Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C., Leonard L. Williams, Wilmington, DE, for Appellant.

Andre L. Dennis, Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, Philadelphia, PA, Mary B. Matterer, Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, Wilmington, DE, for Amicus Curiae — City of Wilmington, DE.

Rodman Ward, Jr. (argued), Andre G. Bouchard, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Wilmington, DE, John B. Hindman, Department of Justice, Dover, DE, for Appellee State Board of Education of the State of DE.

M. Duncan Grant, Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Philadelphia, PA, Alfred J. D'Angelo, Jr., Daniel V. Folt, Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Wilmington, DE, for Appellee Red Clay Consolidated School District.

David H. Williams, Barbara D. Crowell, Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, Wilmington, DE, for Appellees Brandywine, Christiana and Colonial School Districts.

Charles J. Cooper (argued), Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge, Washington, D.C., for Appellee Delaware House of Representatives Committee on Desegregation.

Before: NYGAARD, SAROKIN and ALDISERT, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

  I. Introduction ...........................................................756
 II. Procedural History .....................................................757

 III. Scope of Review ............................................758
  IV. Unitary Status .............................................759
   V. Green...

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