P.A.C.E. v. SCHOOL DIST. OF KANSAS CITY

No. 02-3487.

312 F.3d 341 (2002)

P.A.C.E., Movant-Appellant, Chinyere Jenkins, by her next friend, Joi Jenkins, Nicholas Paul Winchester-Rabelier, by his next friend, Paua Winchester, Margo Vaughn-Bey, by her next friend, Franklin Vaughn-Bey, Nicholas C. Light, by his next friend, Marian Light, Stephon D. Jackson, by his next friend, B.J. Jones, Travis N. Peter, by his next friend, Deborah Chadd-Peter, Leland Guess, by his next friend, Sharon Guess, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SCHOOL DISTRICT OF KANSAS CITY, Dr. Bernard Taylor, Jr., Superintendent, Albert P. Mauro, Sr., School Board Member, David A. Smith, School Board Member, Helen J. Ragsdale, School Board Member, Ingrid Y. Burnett, School Board Member, Duane B. Kelly, School Board Member, Joel Pelofsky, School Board Member, Harriett Ann Plowman, School Board Member, Marilyn Simmons, School Board Member, Elma Warrick, School Board Member, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: December 2, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Benson, II, Kansas City, MO, for appellant.

Patricia A. Brannan, Washington, DC, for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, HEANEY, and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal was brought by certain individual members of the plaintiff class in the Kansas City, Missouri School District desegregation litigation to obtain review of the district court's1 order denying those class members' motion to decertify the class, to certify a subclass, or to disqualify class counsel. The KCMSD has moved to dismiss the appeal for lack of a final, appealable order. We conclude that...

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