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EDGERSON ON BEHALF OF EDGERSON v. CLINTON

Nos. 95-2347, 95-2667.

86 F.3d 833 (1996)

Catherine EDGERSON, on Behalf of Joe N. EDGERSON, Jr., Hazel R. Edgerson and Jarred J. Edgerson; Jarred J. Edgerson; Hazel R. Edgerson; Joe N. Edgerson, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Bill CLINTON, Governor of the State of Arkansas, Individually; Burton Elliott, Director of the Arkansas State Department of Education, Individually; Rae Rice Perry, Member of the Arkansas State Board of Education, Individually; James McLarty, Member of the Arkansas State Board of Education, Individually; L.D. Harris, Member of the Arkansas State Board of Education, Individually; Richard Smith, Member of the Arkansas State Board of Education, Individually; Elaine Scott, Member of the Arkansas State Board of Education, Individually; Walter Turnbow, Member of the Arkansas State Board of Education, Individually; Nancy Wood, Member of the Arkansas State Board of Education, Individually; Star City Arkansas School District No. 11, Board of Education; Gould Arkansas School District, Board of Education, A Public Body Corporate; Grady Arkansas School District, Board of Education, A Public Body Corporate; Dumas Arkansas School District, Board of Education, A Public Body Corporate; Lincoln County, Board of Education, A Public Body Corporate, Defendants-Appellees. Catherine EDGERSON, on Behalf of Joe N. EDGERSON, Jr., Hazel R. Edgerson and Jarred J. Edgerson; Jarred J. Edgerson; Hazel R. Edgerson; Joe N. Edgerson, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Bill CLINTON, Governor of the State of Arkansas, Individually; Burton Elliott, Director of the Arkansas State Department of Education, Individually; Rae Rice Perry, Member of the Arkansas State Board of Education, Individually; James McLarty, Member of the Arkansas State Board of Education, Individually; L.D. Harris, Member of the Arkansas State Board of Education, Individually; Richard Smith, Member of the Arkansas State Board of Education, Individually; Elaine Scott, Member of the Arkansas State Board of Education, Individually; Walter Turnbow, Member of the Arkansas State Board of Education, Individually; Nancy Wood, Member of the Arkansas State Board of Education, Individually; Star City Arkansas School District No. 11 Board of Education; Defendants-Appellees, Gould Arkansas School District Board of Education, A Public Body Corporate; Defendant, Grady Arkansas School District Board of Education, A Public Body Corporate; Defendant-Appellant, Dumas Arkansas School District Board of Education, A Public Body Corporate; Defendant-Appellee, Lincoln County Board of Education, A Public Body Corporate, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 21, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis D. Parker (argued), New York City (John W. Walker, on the brief), for appellants.

Perlesta Arthur Hollingsworth, Little Rock, AR, Jeffrey Kearney, Pine Bluff, AR, Allen P. Roberts, Camden, AR, Danny Franklin Bufford, Little Rock, AR, Tim C. Humphries, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, AR (all argued) (Wayne Juneau, Brian A. Brown, and Murray F. Armstrong, on the briefs), for appellees.

Before McMILLIAN and FAGG, Circuit Judges, and BURNS, District Judge.

FAGG, Circuit Judge.

Catherine Edgerson and her three schoolaged children, residents of the Gould School District in Lincoln County, Arkansas, brought this lawsuit against the Gould School District; the neighboring Grady, Star City, and Dumas School Districts; the Lincoln County School Board; and various state officials responsible for the Arkansas public education system. Edgerson asserted the defendants intentionally caused the school districts to become racially...

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