Legal Opinion
Little Rock School District v. Pulaski County Special School District, 1
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 5, 1995No. Nos. 93-3469EA, 93-3594EAPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.
Two appeals1 involving the Little Rock School District (LRSD) are consolidated for our review. In the first case, African-American voters2 appeal the District Court’s3 order dismissing their claim under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, § 2, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1973, against LRSD. In the second case, the Joshua Intervenors appeal the District Court’s August 10, 1994, order granting LRSD’s motion to close Ish Incentive School. We affirm in both cases.
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We review first Charles’s claim that the LRSD’s election-zone plan adopted by the Pulaski County Board of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Rufo v. Inmates of Suffolk County JailSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Johnson v. De GrandySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Holder v. HallSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Jeffers v. ClintonDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1990
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Barnett v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- Barnett ex rel. Bonilla v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- Little Rock School District, Anne Mitchell Bob Moore Pat Gee Pat Rayburn Mary J. Gage North Little Rock Classroom Teachers Association Pulaski Association of Classroom Teachers Little Rock Classroom Teachers Association Alexa Armstrong Karlos Armstrong Ed Bullington Khayyam Davis Janice Dent John Harrison Alvin Hudson Tatia Hudson and Milton Jackson, Lorene Joshua Leslie Joshua Stacy Joshua and Wayne Joshua, Intervenors/appellants, Katherine Knight Sara Matthews Becky McKinney Derrick Miles Janice Miles John M. Miles Naacp Joyce Person Brian Taylor Hilton Taylor Parsha Taylor Robert Willingham and Tonya Willingham, Intervenors v. Pulaski County Special School District, 1 North Little Rock School District Leon Barnes Sheryl Dunn Mac Faulkner Richard A. Giddings Marianne Gosser Don Hindman Shirley Lowery Bob Lyon George A. McCrary Bob Moore Steve Morley Buddy Raines David Sain Dale Ward John Ward Judy Wear and Grainger Williams, Philip E. Kaplan Janet Pulliam and John Bilheimer, Movants, Office of Desegregation Monitor, Parent's Plan Horace A. Walker P.A. Hollingsworth and Kenneth G. Torrence, Movants, Dale Charles Robert L. Brown, Sr. Gwen Hevey Jackson Diane Davis and Raymond Frazier, Pulaski County Board of Education, O.G. Jacovelli, Individually and as President of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District Patricia Gee, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District, a Public Body Dr. George Cannon, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District, a Public Body John Moore, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District, a Public Body Dorsey Jackson, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District, a Public Body Dr. Katherine Mitchell, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District, a Public Body W.D. Hamilton, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District, a Public Body Cecil Bailey, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Pulaski County Board of Education, a Public Corporate Thomas Broughton, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Pulaski County Board of Education, a Public Corporate and Dr. Martin Zoldessy, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Pulaski County Board of Education, a Public Corporate, Little Rock School District, Anne Mitchell Bob Moore Pat Gee Pat Rayburn Mary J. Gage North Little Rock Classroom Teachers Association Pulaski Association of Classroom Teachers Little Rock Classroom Teachers Association Alexa Armstrong Karlos Armstrong Ed Bullington Khayyam Davis Janice Dent John Harrison Alvin Hudson Tatia Hudson and Milton Jackson, Intervenors, Lorene Joshua Leslie Joshua Stacy Joshua and Wayne Joshua, Intervenors/appellants, Katherine Knight Sara Matthews Becky McKinney Derrick Miles Janice Miles John M. Miles Naacp Joyce Person Brian Taylor Hilton Taylor Parsha Hilton Robert Willingham and Tonya Willingham, Intervenors v. Pulaski County Special School District, 1 and North Little Rock School District, Leon Barnes Sheryl Dunn Mac Faulkner Richard A. Giddings Marianne Gosser Don Hindman Shirley Lowery Bob Lyon George A. McCrary Bob Moore Steve Morley Buddy Raines David Sain Dale Ward John Ward Judy Wear and Grainger Williams, Philip E. Kaplan Janet Pulliam and John Bilheimer, Movants, Office of Desegregation Monitor, Parent's Plan Horace A. Walker P.A. Hollingsworth and Kenneth G. Torrence, Movants, Dale Charles Robert L. Brown, Sr. Gwen Hevey Jackson Diane Davis and Raymond Frazier, Pulaski County Board of Education, O.G. Jacovelli, Individually and as President of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District Patricia Gee, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District, a Public Body Dr. George Cannon, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District, a Public Body John Moore, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District, a Public Body Dorsey Jackson, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District, a Public Body Dr. Katherine Mitchell, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District, a Public Body W.D. Hamilton, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District, a Public Body Cecil Bailey, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Pulaski County Board of Education, a Public Corporate Thomas Broughton, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Pulaski County Board of Education, a Public Corporate and Dr. Martin Zoldessy, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Pulaski County Board of Education, a Public CorporateCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995