PINELLAS COUNTY SCHOOL BD. v. CROWLEY

No. 2D04-3428.

911 So.2d 881 (2005)

PINELLAS COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD; Nancy Bostock, in her official capacity as a member of and as Chairperson of the Pinellas County School Board; Carol Cook, in her official capacity as a member of and as Vice Chairperson of the Pinellas County School Board; Mary Brown, Janet Clark, Jane Gallucci, Linda Lerner, and Mary L. Russell, all in their official capacities as members of the Pinellas County School Board; and Dr. Clayton Wilcox, in his official capacity as Pinellas County Schools Superintendent, Appellants, v. William CROWLEY, by and for his minor son, Akwete Osoka, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

September 28, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hala Sandridge and Charles A. Wachter of Fowler White Boggs Banker, P.A., Tampa; Charles W. Hall and William A. Kebler of Fowler White Boggs Banker, P.A., St. Petersburg; and John W. Bowen, Largo, for Appellants.

Guy M. Burns, Audrey B. Rauchway, and Jonathan S. Coleman of Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP, Tampa, for Appellees.


WALLACE, Judge.

The Pinellas County School Board challenges a nonfinal order certifying a class defined as "[a]ll Pinellas County Students of Black descent, who are, or may in the future be, attending public elementary, middle or high schools." The class representatives' complaint alleged claims of racial discrimination in the Pinellas County school system and sought declaratory and equitable relief under article IX, section 1, of the Florida Constitution —...

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