KNIGHT v. ALABAMA

No. CIV.A. CV-83-M-1676-.

458 F.Supp.2d 1273 (2006)

John F. KNIGHT, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs and Plaintiff Intervenors, United States of America Plaintiff, v. The State of ALABAMA, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Alabama.

October 5, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alice H. Martin, U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Birmingham, AL, James U. Blacksher, Birmingham, AL, Craig M. Crenshaw, Jr., U.S. Department of Justice-Civil Rights Division, Educational Opportunities, Litigation Sec, Washington, DC, Jeremiah Glassman, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Educational Opportunities Section, Washington, DC, Susan J. Watterson, Birmingham, AL, Sarah L. Thompson, Sarah L. Thompson, Attorney at Law, Northport, AL, Naomi Hosea Truman, Housing Authority of the Birmingham District, Birmingham, AL, Demetrius C. Newton, Birmingham, AL, James L. North, James L. North & Associates, Birmingham, AL, Deval L. Patrick, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Criminal Section, Washington, DC, Leslie M. Proll, Naacp Legal Defense & Educational Fund Inc, Washington, DC, Sharon D Simmons, U.S. Attorney's Office, Birmingham, AL, for U.S. of America, Plaintiff.

Edward S. Allen, Balch & Bingham LLP, Birmingham, AL, Gregory M. Biggs, State of Alabama Department of Corrections Legal Division, Montgomery, AL, M. Stanford Blanton, Balch & Bingham LLP, Birmingham, AL, Ernest N. Blasingame, Jr., Florence, AL, David R. Boyd, Balch & Bingham LLP, Montgomery, AL, Richard F. Calhoun, Calhoun Faulk Watkins Clower & Cox, Troy, AL, J. Russell Campbell, Balch & Bingham LLP, Birmingham, AL, Milton C. Davis, Tuskeegee, AL, Terry G. Davis, Davis & Hatcher LLC, Montgomery, AL, Armand G. Derfner, Derfner Altman & Wilborn LLC, Charleston, SC, Jeffery A. Foshee, Foshee & George LLC, Montgomery, AL, Edward M George, Foshee & George LLC, Montgomery, AL, Fred D. Gray, Gray Langford Sapp, McGowan Gray & Nathanson, Tuskegee, AL, Stanley F. Gray, Gray Langford Sapp, McGowan Gray & Nathanson, Tuskegee, FL, Edgar R. Haden, Balch & Bingham LLP, Birmingham, AL, Robert M. Hill, Jr., Robert M. Hill Jr., Florence, AL, Robert D. Hunter, Altec Inc, Birmingham, AL, Jim R. Ippolito, Jr., Alabama Department of Transportation, Montgomery, Carl E. Johnson, Jr., Bishop Colvin Johnson & Kent, Birmingham, AL, Michael G. Kendrick, Waldrep Stewart & Kendrick LLC, Birmingham, AL, Robin G. Laurie, Balch & Bingham LLP, Montgomery, AL, Norma M. Lemley, University of Alabama System University Counsel, Tuscaloosa, AL, Thomas M. Lovett, University of North Alabama, Florence, AL, Richard N. Meadows, State of Alabama, Personnel Department, Montgomery, AL, Larry T. Menefee, Montgomery, AL, Stanley J. Murphy, Murphy & Murphy LLC, Tuscaloosa, AL, William F. Murray, Jr., Burr & Forman LLP, Birmingham, AL, Darnell D. Coley, State of Alabama Department of Education, Montgomery, AL, Larry E. Craven, Alabama Department of Education, Montgomery, AL, Robert W. Rieder, University of Alabama System, Huntsville, AL, C. Glenn Powell, University of Alabama System, Office of Counsel, Tuscaloosa, AL, William K. Thomas, Cabaniss Johnston, Gardner Dumas & O'Neal, Birmingham, AL, Jean Walker Tucker, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, Mark T. Waggoner, Hand Arendall LLC, Birmingham, AL, Joseph A. Wallace, Elkins, WV, Joe R. Whatley, Jr., Whatley Drake LLC, Birmingham, AL, Michael R. White, Sr., Alabama Department of Education, Montgomery, AL, R. M. Woodrow, Doster & Woodrow, Anniston, AL, Reginald L. Sorrells, Alabama Department of Education, Montgomery, AL, John B. Tally, Jr., Adams & Reese/Lange Simpson LLP, Birmingham, AL, Gerald A. Templeton, The Templeton Group PC, Birmingham, AL, for Alabama, State of, Defendant.

Whit Colvin, Bishop Colvin Johnson & Kent, Birmingham, AL, for University of Montevallo, Defendant.

J. Cecil Gardner, Gardner Middlebrooks Gibbons Kittrell Olsen Walker & Hill PC, Mobile, AL, for Jonathan R. Borden, Dr. Robert W. Drakeford, Movants.

William F. Gardner, Cabaniss Johnston, Gardner Dumas & O'Neal, Birmingham, AL, for Alabama, State of, Troy State University, Defendants.

C. A. Gonzalez, Atlanta, GA, for Carlos A. Gonzalez, Miscellaneous Pro se.

Edward A. Hosp, Maynard Cooper & Gale PC, Birmingham, AL, for Board of Trustees of University of Alabama, Defendant.

Mary Kirby, United States District Court Northern District of Georgia, Rome, GA, for Mary Kirby, Miscellaneous.

Michael Vance McCrary, Gardner Middlebrooks Fleming Gibbons & Kittrell, Birmingham, AL, for Joe L. Reed, Intervenor Defendant.

Candis A. MeGowan, John D. Saxon PC, Birmingham, AL, for Jonathan R. Borden, Dr. Robert W. Drakeford, Movants.

Ramadanah M Salaam, Thomas Means Gillis & Seay, PC, Montgomery, for Alabama State University Board of Trustees, Defendant.

Braxton Schell, Jr., Braxton Schell Jr. PC, Birmingham, AL, for Alabama, State of, Alabama A & M University (AAMU), Defendants.

Solomon S. Seay, Jr., Solomon S. Seay Jr. PC, Montgomery, AL, for Alabama, State of, Alabama State University Board of Trustees, Defendants.

Kenneth L Thomas, Thomas Means Gillis & Seay, PC, Montgomery, for Alabama State University Board of Trustees, Defendant.

Kimberly C. Walker, Gardner Middlebrooks, Gibbons Olsen & Walker PC, Mobile, AL, for Joe L. Reed, Intervenor Defendant.


FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

MURPHY, District Judge.

This is a desegregation lawsuit involving all public universities in the State of Alabama and a plaintiff class consisting of all black citizens of the State of Alabama. The case is before the Court on Plaintiffs' Motion for Additional Relief with Respect to State Funding of Public Higher Education [3205].

I. Background

A. Summary of the

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