LEE v. LEE COUNTY BD. OF EDUC.

Civil Action Nos. 845-E, 848-E, 849-E, 850-E, 851-E, 853-E, 854-E, 855-E, 3099-N, 3102-N and 3103-N.

963 F.Supp. 1122 (1997)

Anthony T. LEE, et al., Plaintiffs, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor and Amicus Curiae, National Education Association, Inc., Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. LEE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, Russell County Board of Education, Tallapoosa County Board of Education, Alexander City Board of Education, Auburn City Board of Education, Opelika City Board of Education, Phenix City Board of Education, Roanoke City Board of Education, Butler County Board of Education, Covington County Board of Education, Elmore County Board of Education, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern and Eastern Divisions.

April 21, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solomon S. Seay, Jr., Gray, Seay & Langford, Montgomery, AL, for plaintiffs in Nos. 853-E, 845, 849-E, 851-E, 3102-N.

Wayne P. Turner, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Daniel L. Jennings, Asst. Atty. Gen., Civ. Rights Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Kenneth E. Vine, Asst. U.S. Atty., Montogomery AL, Mark Gross, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for U.S. in Nos. 853-E, 845, 851-E..

Gray, Seay & Langford, Montgomery AL, Watkins & Carter, Montgomery, AL, for NEA in Nos. 853-E, 845, 851-E.

Robison, Belser, Brewer & Mancuso, Montgomery, AL, Robert T. Meadows, III, Opelika, AL, for defendants in Nos. 853-E, 845, 851-E.

Denise Azar, Michael A. White, State of Alabama, Dept. of Educ., Montgomery, AL, for Alabama State Bd. of Educ. in Nos. 853-E, 845, 851-E.

Clyde M. Zeanah, Opelika, AL, for Superintendent of Educ. in Nos. 853-E, 845, 851-E.

William Bradford Reynolds, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nathaniel Douglas, Gaye L. Hume Educational Opportunities Litigation Section, Civ. Rights Div., Washington, DC, Kenneth A. Mines, John R. Moore, Pauline A. Miller, Kathryn M. Woodruff, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Educational Opportunities Section, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs in No. 849-E.

Gloria J. Browne, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., New York City, for NEA in Nos. 849-E, 851-E, 855-E.

John F. Dillon, IV, Dillon, Kelley & Brown, Alexander City, AL, for defendants in Nos. 849-E, 850-E.

Jimmy K. Sanford, Dadeville, AL, for Superintendent of Educ. in No. 849-E.

Gray, Seay & Langford, Montgomery, AL, for plaintiffs and N.E.A. in Nos. 850-E, 854-E, 855-E.

Jerris Leonard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Civ. Rights Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Redding Pitt, U.S. Atty., Montgomery, AL, for U.S. in No. 854-E.

Smith & Miller, Phenix City, AL, for defendants in No. 854-E.

James E. Owen, Phenix City, AL, for Superintendent of Educ. in No. 854-E.

Franz R. Marshall, Civ. Rights Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Redding Pitt, U.S. Atty. (Kenneth E. Vines), Montgomery, AL, for U.S. in No. 850-E.

S.C. Doss, Jr., Alexander City, AL, for Superintendent of Educ. in No. 850-E.

Solomon S. Seay, Jr., Montgomery, AL, for plaintiffs and NEA in Nos. 848-E, 851-E.

Kenneth E. Vines, Asst. U.S. Atty., Montgomery, AL, L. LaVern Younger, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Educ. Section, Washington, DC, Isabelle Katz Pinzler, Kenneth A. Mines, John R. Moore, Pauline A. Miller, Kathryn M. Woodruff, U.S. Dept. of Justice Civ. Rights Div., Educ. Opportunities Section, Washington, DC, for U.S. in No. 851-E.

Arnold W. Umbach, Jr., Opelika, AL, for Auburn City Bd. of Educ. in No. 851-E.

Sydney S. Smith, Phenix City, AL, for defendants in No. 851-E.

Richard F. Johnston, Asst. Atty. Gen., Civ. Rights Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Barry E. Teague, Montgomery, AL, for U.S. in No. 848-E.

Kenneth Vines, Asst. U.S. Atty., Montgomery, AL, Nathaniel Douglas, Pauline Miller, Kathleen S. Devine, Civ. Rights Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Kenneth Thomas, Mark Englehart, Thomas, Means & Gillis, P.C., Montgomery, AL, Gloria J. Browne, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., New York City in No. 848-E.

Gray, Seay & Langford, Montgomery, AL, for NEA in Nos. 848-E, 3102-N, 3103-N.

Troy Massey, Montgomery, AL, for NEA as it relates to Margie Walker & Leon Crenshaw in No. 848-E.

George Beck, Montgomery, AL, for Chanchal Narang in No. 848-E.

T. Larry Thacker, Phenix City, AL, for Superintendent of Educ. in No. 848-E.

James McKoon, Phenix City, AL, Sydney S. Smith, Smith & Smith, Phenix City, AL, for defendants in No. 848-E.

David L. Norman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Civ. Rights Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Redding Pitt, U.S. Atty., Montgomery, AL, for U.S. in No. 855-E.

James Irby, Roanoke, AL, for Superintendent of Educ. in No. 855-E.

Kenneth A. Mines, Isabelle Katz Pinzler, John R. Moore, Pauline A. Miller, Jeanette Lien, Kathryn M. Woodruff, Kathleen S. Devine, U.S. Dept. of Justice Civ. Rights Div., Educ. Opportunities Section, Washington, DC, for U.S. in No. 855-E.

Donald B. Sweeney, Jr., Rives & Peterson, Birmingham, AL, for defendants in No. 855-E.

Yetta G. Samford, Jr., Samford, Denson, Horsley & Pettey, Opelika, AL, for defendants in No. 845-E.

Tennis C. Britton, Jr., Opelika, AL, for Superintendent of Educ. in No. 845-E.

Jerris Leonard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Civ. Rights Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, John Dunne, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nathaniel Douglas, Salliann S.M. Dougherty, Civ. Rights Div., Washington, DC, for U.S. in No. 3102-N.

Susan Reeves, Birmingham, AL, for Covington Co. Bd. of Educ. in No. 3102-N.

Allen G. Woodard, Laird, Woodard & Baker, Andalusia, AL, for defendants in No. 3102-N.

Dale Odom, Andalusia, AL, for Superintendent of Educ. in No. 3102-N.

Solomon S. Seay, Jr., Montgomery, AL, for plaintiff in No. 3009-N.

Drew S. Days, III, Asst. Atty., Kevin P. Holewinski James Eldon Wilson, U.S. Atty., Salliann S. M. Dougherty, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Educational Opportunities Litigation Sec., Civ. Rights Div., Washington, DC, for U.S. in No. 3009-N.

Lewis S. Hamilton, William Hamilton, Powell & Hamilton, Greenville, AL, T.W. Thagard, David R. Boyd, Smith, Bowman, Thagard, Crook & Culpepper, Montgomery, AL, for defendants in No. 3099-N.

James Shelby Searcy, Greenville, AL, for Superintendent for Educ. in No. 3099-N.

Donald V. Watkins, Gray, Seay & Langford, Montgomery, AL, for plaintiffs in No. 3103-N.

Drew S. Days, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Civ. Rights Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Richard F. Johnsotn, Barry E. Teague, Ken Vines, Asst. Attys., Montgomery, AL, for U.S. in No. 3103-N.

W. Troy Massey, Montgomery, AL, for NEA in No. 3103-N.

George P. Howard, Howard, Dunn, Howard & Howard, Wetumpka, AL, for defendants in No. 3103-N.

John C. Whatley, Wetumpka, AL, for Superintendent of Educ. in No. 3103-N.


ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.

In an order entered in these eleven long-standing school desegregation cases on February 12, 1997, the court stated that "the parties should now move toward `unitary status' for the school systems in these cases and for the termination of the litigation in these cases." In a later order entered on March 14, 1997, the court established what it believed would be "an orderly procedure through which the defendant...

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