Legal Opinion
Liddell v. Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 21, 1989No. 88-2034PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAGG, Circuit Judge.
The State of Missouri appeals the district court’s order clarifying the extent of Missouri’s funding obligation for interdistrict student transfers in the St. Louis school desegregation case. See Liddell v. Board of Educ., 686 F.Supp. 235 (E.D.Mo.1988). We reverse in part and affirm in part.
*193The Settlement Agreement reached in the St. Louis school desegregation case establishes two percentage-based objectives for the interdistrict student transfer program. The first of these objectives, entitled the “Plan Goal,” involves achieving “a racial ratio of [twenty-five percent]…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Liddell v. MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- In Re Craton Liddell v. Board of Education of the City of St. Louis, Missouri (Two Cases). Ritenour School District v. The State of Missouri, Parkway School District, Amicus. Rockwood School District v. The State of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- Liddell v. Board of Educ. of City of St. LouisDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1988
3Cited by5 opinions
- Jenkins v. MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
- Liddell v. Board of Education of the City of St. LouisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
- Kalima Jenkins, by Her Friend, Kamau Agyei Carolyn Dawson, by Her Next Friend, Richard Dawson Tufanza A. Byrd, by Her Next Friend, Teresa Byrd Derek A. Dydell, by His Next Friend, Maurice Dydell Terrance Cason, by His Next Friend, Antoria Cason Jonathan Wiggins, by His Next Friend Rosemary Jacobs Love Kirk Allen Ward, by His Next Friend, Mary Ward Robert M. Hall, by His Next Friend, Denise Hall Dwayne A. Turrentine, by His Next Friend Sheila Turrentine Gregory A. Pugh, by His Next Friend, David Winters, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated American Federation of Teachers, Local 691 v. The State of Missouri Honorable John Ashcroft, Governor of the State of Missouri Wendell Bailey, Treasurer of the State of Missouri Missouri State Board of Education Roseann Bentley, Dan Blackwell, Terry A. Bond, President, Roger L. Tolliver, Raymond McCallister Jr., Susan D. Finke, Thomas R. Davis, Cynthia B. Thompson, Members of the Missouri State Board of Education Robert E. Bartman, Commissioner of Education of the State of Missouri, and School District of Kansas City, Missouri and Claude C. Perkins, Superintendent Thereof, Jennifer T. Naylor and Eric J. Naylor, by Their Next Friend Reverend James Naylor Dwayne Shores, by His Mother and Next Friend Rose Shores Adrian R. Dean, Tanisha M. Johnson, Andrea L. Johnson, and Gregory T. Johnson, by Their Mother and Next Friend Patience M. Johnson Kevin Dion Innis, by His Mother and Next Friend Linda Innis Deidra Jovan Rayfield, by Her Mother and Next Friend Latricia Rayfield McArn Nicole R. Griffith, by Her Father and Next Friend Raymond B. Griffith, Sr. Chrissean King, by His Mother and Next Friend Patti King Ronale M. Dunn, by His Mother and Next Friend Janice Dunn Lashonda M. Gross, by Her Father and Next Friend Michael L. Gross Jerry Steve Roggett, by His Grandmother and Next Friend, Martha M. Anderson and Bryant Tucker, by His Mother and Next Friend Gladys Tucker, Arthur A. Benson, II v. Lee's Summit Reorganized School District R-7 Dr. Gail Williams, Acting Superintendent Thereof and Robert Jones, Robert Bruce, James Coleman, John Patterson, Margaret Piepergerdes, Sherry Sims, Members of the Board of Education Thereof North Kansas City, Missouri School District Dr. Gene Denisar, Superintendent Thereof and Freddie Nichols, Rick Moore, Sandra Clark, Mary Smith, Bill Trickey, Joe Jacobs, Wes McCullough Members of the Board of Education Thereof School District of the City of Independence Dr. Robert Henley, Superintendent Thereof and Sharon Williams, Helen French, Michael Barnett, Ronald Sinke, Sharon Floyd, Phillip Parrino, Members of the Board of Education Thereof the State of Missouri John Ashcroft, Governor of the State of Missouri Wendell Bailey, Treasurer of the State of Missouri Robert Bartman, Commissioner of Education of the State of Missouri and Roseann Bentley, Dan Blackwell, Pres. Terry A. Bond, Delmar A. Cobble, Grover Gamm, Jimmy Robertson, Robert L. Welling, Donald E. West, Members of the Missouri State Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
- Michael Liddell v. State of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
- Craton Liddell v. The Board of Education of the City of St. Louis, Missouri Michael C. And Kendra Liddell, Minors by Minnie Liddell, Their Mother and Next Friend and Minnie Liddell Roderick D. Legrand, a Minor, by Lois Legrand, His Mother and Next Friend and Lois Legrand Clodis Yarber, a Minor, by Samuel Yarber, His Father and Next Friend and Samuel Yarber, Earline Caldwell Lillie Mae Caldwell and Gwendolyn Daniels and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. The Board of Education of the City of St. Louis Dr. M. Thomas, Penelope Alcott, Thomas Bugel, Eddie Davis, Louis Fister, Richard Gaines, John P. Mahoney, Marjorie Smith, Dorothy Springer, Shirley Kiel, Rev. Earl Nance, Jr., and Douglas Rush Julius C. Dix, David J. Mahan, and Anne E. Price, Associate Superintendents Dr. Jerome B. Jones, Superintendent in Their Official Capacities, the State of Missouri John Ashcroft, Governor William L. Webster, Attorney General Wendell Bailey, Treasurer John A. Pelzer, Commissioner of Administration Dr. Robert Bartman, Commissioner of Education the State Board of Education and Its Members: Roseann Bentley, Dan L. Blackwell, Thomas R. Davis, Susan D. Finke, Raymond F. McCallister Jr., Cynthia B. Thompson, Terry A. Bond, and Roger A. Tolliver, the Affton Board of Education the Bayless Board of Education the Brentwood Board of Education the Clayton Board of Education the Hancock Place Board of Education the Hazelwood Board of Education the Jennings Board of Education the Kirkwood Board of Education the Ladue Board of Education the Lindbergh Board of Education the Mehlville Board of Education the Normandy Board of Education the Pattonville Board of Education the Ritenour Board of Education the Rockwood Board of Education the Valley Park Board of Education the Webster Groves Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989