Legal Opinion

Capacchione v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

District Court, W.D. North Carolina

Decided September 9, 1999No. 3:97-cv-00482PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER

ROBERT D. POTTER, Senior District Judge

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION.232

I.FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY.232

A. Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education.232

B. 1975-1998: Swan Inactive.236

C. Cavacchione v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools / Swann Reactivated .239

II. DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS .'.240

A. The Constitutional Basis for Race Conscious Desegregation Orders.240

B. Unitary Status.242

1. Student Assignment .244

a. The Standard for Compliance.244

b. The Level of CMS’s Compliance .246

c. Desegregation and Demographic Trends.249

d. The Concerns of…

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