Gary L. Penick v. Columbus Education Association, Intervenor-Appellant

This case involves an appeal from an order of the District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, denying the motion of the Columbus Education Association (CEA), the bargaining agent for Columbus public school teachers, to intervene as plaintiff in the remedial stage of school desegregation proceedings. The CEA sought to intervene after the District Court had determined that the Columbus and Ohio State Boards of Education should be held liable for unconstitutional segregation of the Columbus public schools, 1 but before a desegregation plan had been submitted and approved by the court. The…