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Board of Education v. Missouri

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided June 13, 1991No. Nos. 90-1470, 90-1530, 90-1531, 91-1427, 91-1646, 91-1651PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

IN THE MATTER OF THE DESEGREGATION OF THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS SCHOOLS AND THE VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS OF THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS AND THE SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT OF ST. LOUIS COUNTY.

HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

At issue in this appeal is the district court’s decision to designate the Special School District of St. Louis County (SSD) as the sole provider of secondary vocational education in the St. Louis area beginning in the 1991-92 school year. Liddell v. Board of Educ., 758 F.Supp. 499 (E.D.Mo.1991). We agree with the district court that the present system of secondary vocational education does not…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Griggs v. Provident Consumer Discount Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Missouri v. JenkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  3. Liddell v. BD. OF ED. OF CITY OF ST. LOUIS, MO.District Court, E.D. Missouri · 1980
  4. Craton Liddell, a Minor, and Mary Puleo, Gerard Puleo, Emma Dannenberg, Robin Dannenberg, Louis Reineri and Mary Anjela Reineri, Representing the "Involved Citizens Committee" United States of America v. Board of Education of the City of St. Louis and Daniel L. Schlafly, Frederick E. Busse, Gordon L. Benson, Malcolm W. Martin, Mrs. Anita L. Bond, Mrs. Joyce Bowen, Henry M. Grich, Jr. (Secretary), Rev. James L. Cummings (President), Mrs. Erma J. Lawrence, Rev. Donald E. Mayer (Vice President), Lawrence Moser, Charles Harris, and Julius C. Dix, Benjamin M. Price, Robert W. Bernthal, David J. Mahan, Charles Brasfield (School District Superintendent) and Robert E. Wentz(superintendent of Schools), and the State of Missouri, Arthur Mallory, Commissioner of Education of the State of Missouri, the State of Missouri Board of Education. Craton Liddell, a Minor, by Minnie Liddell, His Mother and Next Friend, and Minnie Liddell Joanna Goldsby, a Minor, by Barbara Goldsby, Her Mother and Next Friend, and Barbara Goldsby Deborah Yarber, a Minor, by Samuel Yarber, Her Father and Next Friend, and Samuel Yarber Nathalie Moore, a Minor, by Louise Moore, Her Mother and Next Friend, and Louise Moore Rachelle Legrand, a Minor, by Lois Legrand, Her Mother and Next Friend, and Lois Legrand on Behalf of Themselves and All Other School-Age Children and Their Parents Residing in the Metropolitan School District of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, and Earline Caldwell, Lillie Caldwell, Denise Daniels, Dwane Daniels, Gwendolyn Daniels, Cedric Williams, Stephanie Williams, Gloria Williams, Janis Hutcherson, Lee Hutcherson, Robert Smith, Eddie S. Willis and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, City of St. Louis, Janice Adams and Jack Adams, Jr., Minors, by Jerrianne Adams, Their Natural Guardian and Next Friend, and Jerrianne Adams Catherine M. Neel and Camille A. Neel, Minors, by Catherine Neel, Their Natural Guardian and Next Friend, and Catherine Neel Mary Edington and Susan Edington, Minors, by Horace Edington, Their Natural Guardian and Next Friend, and Horace Edington the Concerned Parents for Neighborhood Schools, and Mary Puleo, Gerard Puleo, Emma Dannenberg, Robin Dannenberg, Louis Reineri and Mary Anjela Reineri, Representing the "Involved Citizens Committee" United States of America v. Board of Education of the City of St. Louis and Daniel L. Schlafly, Frederick E. Busse, Gordon L. Benson, Malcolm W. Martin, Mrs. Anita L. Bond, Mrs. Joyce Bowen, Henry M. Grich, Jr. (Secretary), Rev. James L. Cummings (President), Mrs. Erma J. Lawrence, Rev. Donald E. Mayer (Vice President), Lawrence Moser, Charles Harris, and Julius C. Dix, Benjamin M. Price, Robert W. Bernthal, David J. Mahan, Charles Brasfield (School District Superintendent) and Robert E. Wentz(superintendent of Schools), and the State of Missouri, Arthur Mallory, Commissioner of Education of the State of Missouri, the State of Missouri Board of Education, Craton Liddell, a Minor, by Minnie Liddell, His Mother and Next Friend, and Minnie Liddell Joanna Goldsby, a Minor, by Barbara Goldsby, Her Mother and Next Friend, and Barbara Goldsby Deborah Yarber, a Minor, by Samuel Yarber, Her Father and Next Friend, and Samuel Yarber Nathalie Moore, a Minor, by Louise Moore, Her Mother and Next Friend, and Louise Moore Rachelle Legrand, a Minor, by Lois Legrand, Her Mother and Next Friend, and Lois Legrand, on Behalf of Themselves and All Other School-Age Children and Their Parents Residing in the Metropolitan School District of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, and Earline Caldwell, Lillie Caldwell, Denise Daniels, Dwane Daniels, Gwendolyn Daniels, Cedric Williams, Stephanie Williams, Gloria Williams, Janis Hutcherson, Lee Hutcherson, Robert Smith, Eddie S. Willis and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, City of St. Louis, Janice Adams and Jack Adams, Jr., Minors, by Jerrianne Adams, Their Natural Guardian and Next Friend, and Jerrianne Adams Catherine M. Neel and Camille A. Neel, Minors, by Catherine Neel, Their Natural Guardian and Next Friend, and Catherine Neel Mary Edington and Susan Edington, Minors, by Horace Edington, Their Natural Guardian and Next Friend, and Horace Edington, the Concerned Parents for Neighborhood Schools, and Mary Puleo, Gerard Puleo, Emma Dannenberg, Robin Dannenberg, Louis Reineri and Mary Anjela Reineri, Representing the "Involved Citizens Committee" United States of America v. Board of Education of the City of St. Louis and Daniel L. Schlafly, Frederick E. Busse, Gordon L. Benson, Malcolm W. Martin, Mrs. Anita L. Bond, Mrs. Joyce Bowen, Henry M. Grich, Jr. (Secretary), Rev. James L. Cummings (President), Mrs. Erma J. Lawrence, Rev. Donald E. Mayer (Vice President), Lawrence Moser, Charles Harris, and Julius C. Dix, Benjamin M. Price, Robert W. Bernthal, David J. Mahan, Charles Brasfield (School District Superintendent) and Robert E. Wentz(superintendent of Schools), and the State of Missouri, Arthur Mallory, Commissioner of Education of the State of Missouri, the State of Missouri Board of Education, Craton Liddell, a Minor, by Minnie Liddell, His Mother and Next Friend, and Minnie Liddell Joanna Goldsby, a Minor, by Barbara Goldsby, Her Mother and Next Friend, and Barbara Goldsby Deborah Yarber, a Minor, by Samuel Yarber, Her Father and Next Friend, and Samuel Yarber Nathalie Moore, a Minor, by Louise Moore, Her Mother and Next Friend, and Louise Moore Rachelle Legrand, a Minor, by Lois Legrand, Her Mother and Next Friend, and Lois Legrand, on Behalf of Themselves and All Other School-Age Children and Their Parents Residing in the Metropolitan School District of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, and Earline Caldwell, Lillie Caldwell, Denise Daniels, Dwane Daniels, Gwendolyn Daniels, Cedric Williams, Stephanie Williams, Gloria Williams, Janis Hutcherson, Lee Hutcherson, Robert Smith, Eddie S. Willis and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, City of St. Louis, Janice Adams and Jack Adams, Jr., Minors, by Jerrianne Adams, Their Natural Guardian and Next Friend, and Jerrianne Adams Catherine M. Neel and Camille A. Neel, Minors, by Catherine Neel, Their Natural Guardian and Next Friend, and Catherine Neel Mary Edington and Susan Edington, Minors, by Horace Edington, Their Natural Guardian and Next Friend, and Horace Edington, the Concerned Parents for Neighborhood Schools, and Mary Puleo, Gerard Puleo, Emma Dannenberg, Robin Dannenberg, Louis Reineri and Mary Anjela Reineri, Representing the "Involved Citizens Committee" United States of America v. Board of Education of the City of St. Louis and Daniel L. Schlafly, Frederick E. Busse, Gordon L. Benson, Malcolm W. Martin, Mrs. Anita L. Bond, Mrs. Joyce Bowen, Henry M. Grich, Jr. (Secretary), Rev. James L. Cummings (President), Mrs. Erma J. Lawrence, Rev. Donald E. Mayer (Vice President), Lawrence Moser, Charles Harris, and Julius C. Dix, Benjamin M. Price, Robert W. Bernthal, David J. Mahan, Charles Brasfield (School District Superintendent) and Robert E. Wentz(superintendent of Schools), and the State of Missouri, Arthur Mallory, Commissioner of Education of the State of Missouri, the State of Missouri Board of Education. Craton Liddell, a Minor, by Minnie Liddell, His Mother and Next Friend, and Minnie Liddell Joanna Goldsby, a Minor, by Barbara Goldsby, Her Mother and Next Friend, and Barbara Goldsby Deborah Yarber, a Minor, by Samuel Yarber, Her Father and Next Friend, and Samuel Yarber Nathalie Moore, a Minor, by Louise Moore, Her Mother and Next Friend, and Louise Moore Rachelle Legrand, a Minor, by Lois Legrand, Her Mother and Next Friend, and Lois Legrand, on Behalf of Themselves and All Other School-Age Children and Their Parents Residing in the Metropolitan School District of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, and Earline Caldwell, Lillie Caldwell, Denise Daniels, Dwane Daniels, Gwendolyn Daniels, Cedric Williams, Stephanie Williams, Gloria Williams, Janis Hutcherson, Lee Hutcherson, Robert Smith, Eddie S. Willis and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, City of St. Louis, Janice Adams and Jack Adams, Jr., Minors, by Jerrianne Adams, Their Natural Guardian and Next Friend, and Jerrianne Adams Catherine M. Neel and Camille A. Neel, Minors, by Catherine Neel, Their Natural Guardian and Next Friend, and Catherine Neel Mary Edington and Susan Edington, Minors, by Horace Edington, Their Natural Guardian and Next Friend, and Horace Edington, the Concerned Parents for Neighborhood Schools, and Mary Puleo, Gerard Puleo, Emma Dannenberg, Robin Dannenberg, Louis Reineri and Mary Anjela Reineri, Representing the "Involved Citizens Committee" United States of America v. Board of Education of the City of St. Louis and Daniel L. Schlafly, Frederick E. Busse, Gordon L. Benson, Malcolm W. Martin, Mrs. Anita L. Bond, Mrs. Joyce Bowen, Henry M. Grich, Jr. (Secretary), Rev. James L. Cummings (President), Mrs. Erma J. Lawrence, Rev. Donald E. Mayer (Vice President), Lawrence Moser, Charles Harris, and Julius C. Dix, Benjamin M. Price, Robert W. Bernthal, David J. Mahan, Charles Brasfield (School District Superintendent) and Robert E. Wentz(superintendent of Schools), and the State of Missouri, Arthur Mallory, Commissioner of Education of the State of Missouri, the State of Missouri Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
  5. Liddell v. Board Of Education Of The City Of St. LouisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Board of Education of St. Louis v. State of Missouri Special School District of St. Louis United States National Association for the Advancement of Colored People St. Louis Teachers' Union Local 420, Aft, Afl-Cio Intervenor. Michael C. Liddell, a Minor, by Minnie Liddell, His Mother and Next Friend Kendra Liddell, a Minor, by Minnie Liddell, Her Mother and Next Friend Minnie Liddell v. State of Missouri Special School District of St. Louis United States National Association for the Advancement of Colored People St. Louis Teachers' Union, Local 420, Aft, Afl-Cio Intervenor. 1Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991

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