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COWAN v. CLEVELAND SCHOOL DIST.

No. 13-60464.

748 F.3d 233 (2014)

Diane COWAN, etc., et al, Plaintiffs, United States of America, Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CLEVELAND SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 1, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erin E. Aslan , Dennis J. Dimsey, Esq. , Deputy Chief, Joseph J. Wardenski , Renee Wohlenhaus , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellant.

Holmes S. Adams , John Simeon Hooks, Esq. , Lindsey Oswalt Watson, Esq. , Adams & Reese, L.L.P., Ridgeland, MS, Jamie Ferguson Jacks, Esq. , Gerald Haggart Jacks, Esq. , Jacks, Adams & Norquist, P.A., Cleveland, MS, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before KING, SOUTHWICK, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.

JAMES E. GRAVES, JR., Circuit Judge:

In this nearly fifty-year-old desegregation case, the United States appeals the district court's order implementing a freedom of choice plan intended to desegregate the formerly de jure African-American middle school and high school in the Cleveland School District ("the District"). We reverse and remand for further consideration of the desegregation remedy.

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