United States v. Texas Education Agency v. Lubbock Independent School District

OPINION

RANDALL, Circuit Judge:

This case grows out of the Lubbock Independent School District’s attempt to recoup from the State of Texas monies expended in an effort to desegregate schools in the district. The district court denied the school district’s motion to divide costs. We affirm.

I

The United States initiated this litigation when, in 1970, it sued the Texas Education Agency (“TEA”) and six school districts in order to abolish vestiges of the dual school system in Texas. Following a limited appeal and this court’s subsequent decision in United States v. TEA, 431 F.2d 1313 (5th Cir.1970),…