LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DIST. v. ARKANSAS

Nos. 11-2130, 11-2304, 11-2305, 11-2336.

664 F.3d 738 (2011)

LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellant, v. State of ARKANSAS; Arkansas Department of Education, Appellees. Lorene Joshua; Leslie Joshua; Stacy Joshua; Wayne Joshua, Appellees, v. Pulaski County Special School District, Appellant, Arkansas Department of Education, Appellee. Alexa Armstrong; Karlos Armstrong; Khayyam Davis; Alvin Hudson; Tatia Hudson; Lorene Joshua; Leslie Joshua; Stacy Joshua; Wayne Joshua; Sara Matthews; Derrick Miles; Janice Miles; John M. Miles; NAACP; Brian Taylor; Hilton Taylor; Parsha Taylor; Robert Willingham; Donna Stone, as class representative on behalf of minor children, Denise, Dennis and Danielle Stone; Dennis Stone, Appellees, v. North Little Rock School District, Appellant, Arkansas Department of Education, Appellee. North Little Rock Classroom Teachers Association; Pulaski Association of Classroom Teachers; Little Rock Classroom Teachers Association; Pulaski Association of Support Staff; Katherine Knight, Appellants, v. State of Arkansas; Arkansas Department of Education, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: December 28, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher Heller , argued and on the brief, Clay Fendley, Jr. , on the brief, Little Rock, AR, for appellant Little Rock School District in 11-2130.

Stephen W. Jones , argued and on the brief, Debby A. Linton , Mika Shadid Tucker , on the brief, Littlerock, AR, for appellant North Little Rock School District in 11-2305.

M. Samuel Jones, III , argued and on the brief, Little Rock, AR, for appellant Pulaski County Special School District in 11-2304.

Scott Paris Richardson , argued and on the brief, Ali M. Brady , on the brief, Little Rock, AR, for appellees State of Arkansas (11-2130 and 11-2336) and Arkansas Department of Education (11-2130, 11-2304, 11-2305, 11-2336).

Damon T. Hewitt , argued and on the brief, New York, NY, John Payton , Debo P. Adegbile , Elise C. Boddie , Rachel M. Kleinman , New York, NY, John Walker , Austin Porter , Little Rock, AR, Robert Pressman , Lexington, MA, on the brief, for appellees Lesli Joshua, Stacy Joshua, Lorene Joshua and Wayne Joshua (11-2130, 11-2304, 11-2305, 11-2336), Appellees Tatia Hudson, Alvin Hudson, Hilton Taylor, Alexa Armstrong, Sara Matthews, John M. Miles, Janice Miles, Brian Taylor, Derrick Miles, Robert Willingham, Khayyam Davis, NAACP, Parsha Taylor, Karlos Amstrong, Ms. Donna Stone and Dennis Stone (11-2305).

Before WOLLMAN, MELLOY, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.


GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.

In these consolidated appeals regarding continuing school desegregation efforts in the Little Rock, Arkansas metropolitan area, North Little Rock School District ("NLRSD") and Pulaski County Special School District ("PCSSD") each appeal the district court's denial of their petitions for a declaration of unitary status, opposed by appellee intervenors representing the class of black children harmed by segregation ("Joshua Intervenors"). In...

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