BERRY v. SCHOOL DIST. OF CITY OF BENTON HARBOR

No. 4:67-CV-9.

195 F.Supp.2d 971 (2002)

Barbara Jean BERRY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF BENTON HARBOR, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

April 4, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen McCree Lewis, Dykema Gossett, PLLC, Detroit, MI, Steven Marchese, Larson King LLP, St. Paul, MN, for Plaintiff.

John D. Tully, Brian M. Kubicki, Warner, Norcross & Judd, LLP, Grand Rapids, MI, for Benton Harbor School District.

Edith C. Harsh, Jennifer M. Granholm, Atty. Gen., Executive Div., Lansing, MI, Jane Orris Wilensky, Jennifer M. Granholm, Atty. Gen., Educ. Div., Lansing, MI, Rocco E. Testani, John R. Munich, Alfred A. Lindseth, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta, GA, for State Bd. of Educ.

Thomas A. Baird, White, Schneider, Baird, Young & Chiodini, PC, Okemos, MI, for Michigan Educ. Ass'n.


OPINION RE MOTIONS FOR UNITARY STATUS

HILLMAN, Senior District Judge.

After operating nearly 22 years under a remedial order, the Benton Harbor Area School District ("BHASD") and the State of Michigan defendants move to terminate this 35-year-old school desegregation case by filing motions for unitary status. Defendants' motions have been vigorously opposed by the plaintiff class and intervenor Michigan...

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