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ANDERSON v. CANTON MUN. SEPARATE SCHOOL DIST.

No. 99-60846.

232 F.3d 450 (2000)

Joan ANDERSON and Judy Lynn Anderson, minors, by their mother and next friend, Mrs. Bessie ANDERSON; Juanita Bennett, Mary Lee Bennett and Archie Lee Bennett, minors, by their father and next friend, Mr. James Bennett; et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, and United States of America, Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CANTON MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT; et al., Defendants, School Board of Madison County; Robert E. Cox, Superintendent of Education; Harold E. Dacus, Assistant Superintendent of Education; M.L. Dewees, Jr., President; Harold H. White, Jr., Secretary; E.L. Henderson; M.C. Mansell; E.W. Hill, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 6, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Wilson Edwards (argued), Dennis J. Dimsey, Salliann S.M. Dougherty, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Washington, DC, Carlton Wayne Reeves, Jackson, MS, for U.S.

Holmes S. Adams (argued), Janet D. McMurtray, Harvey L. Fiser, John Simeon Hooks, Adams & Reese, Jackson, MS, Robert N. Markle, Adams & Reese, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before KING, Chief Judge, and CUDAHY and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

WIENER, Circuit Judge:

Private Plaintiffs-Appellants and Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellant United States (collectively "Plaintiffs") appeal the district court's approval of the location proposed by Defendant-Appellee Madison County School District ("MCSD" or "the District") for a new high school in that district. Madison County was ordered to desegregate its de jure dual school system in 1969. It has since entered into a number of consent decrees, including one...

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