U.S. v. BOARD OF SCHOOL COM'RS

No. 97-1530.

128 F.3d 507 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 14, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith A. Stewart, Office of the United States Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, Dennis J. Dimsey, Gregory B. Friel (argued), Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for United States of America.

John O. Moss (argued), Moss & Associates, John P. Ward, Indianapolis, IN, Charles D. Kelso, Sacramento, CA, for Donny Brurell Buckley and Alicia Marquese Buckley.

Patricia A. Brannan (argued), Maree Sneed, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, DC, B. Keith Shake, Eugene L. Henderson, Henderson, Daily, Withrow & Devoe, Indianapolis, IN, for Board of School Commissioners of the City of Indianapolis, Indiana and Esperanza Zendejas.

Robert E. Cambridge (argued), Bloomington, IN, for Metropolitan School District of Decatur Township, Marion County, Indiana.

John A. Kitley, Jr., Beech Grove, IN, for Franklin Township Community School Corporation, Marion County, Indiana.

David R. Day (argued), Johnson, Smith, Pence, Densborn, Wright & Heath, Indianapolis, IN, for Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township, Marion County, Indiana.

Louis H. Borgmann, Jackson & Borgmann, Inidanapolis, IN, for Metropolitan School District of Perry Township, Marion County, Indiana.

David R. Day, Johnson, Smith, Pence, Densborn, Wright & Heath, Indianapolis, IN, for Metropolitan School District of Warren Township, Marion County, Indiana.

George T. Patton, Jr., Jon M. Bailey, Bose, McKinney & Evans, Indianapolis, IN, for Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township, Marion County, Indiana.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Chief Judge.

Almost two decades ago, the federal district court in Indianapolis issued an injunction requiring the busing of public schoolchildren living in certain parts of the city that were primarily black to public schools located in primarily white suburban areas of Marion County. 506 F.Supp. 657, 676-77 (S.D.Ind. 1979), aff'd in relevant part, 637 F.2d 1101, 1112-15 (7th Cir.1980...

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