Legal Opinion
Allen v. Alabama State Board of Education
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided January 5, 2000No. CIV.A.No. 81-T-697-NPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
THOMPSON, District Judge.
This longstanding and contentious litigation, filed almost 19 years ago, charging that the State of Alabama’s teacher certification test impermissibly discriminated against African-American persons seeking teacher certification, is before the court again, this time on a new and amended consent decree that the parties represent will finally bring this lawsuit to an end within ten to 15 years. For the reasons that follow, the court reluctantly approves and adopts the amended consent decree, the primary basis for the court’s reluctance being that the court had…
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