Comfort Ex Rel. Neumyer v. Lynn School Committee

GERTNER, District Judge.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION.213

II. PROCEDURAL HISTORY. lO r — ( (M

A. The Comfort Litigation. CP rH iM

1. Parties. SO t-H (M

2. Preliminary Injunction ZO (M

3. Motions to Dismiss_ I> N

B. The Bollen Litigation. t — 1 W

III. TRIAL.218

A. Plaintiffs ’ Case.218

B. Defendants’Case_.219

1. The Administrators: . 219

2. The Parents and Students:.220

3. Defendants’ Experts:.220

C. Plaintiffs’Rebuttal.221

IV. FINDINGS OF FACT.222

A. The Racial Imbalance Act.222

B. Racial Imbalance in Lynn’s Public Schools.224

1. 1977: The First Warning.225

2. 1979: Washington, the First Magnet School..…