United States v. Tunica County School District

Both the School Board and the United States have appealed from the judgment entered by the District Court in this school desegregation case. The United States has now moved to summarily reverse the judgment. We grant the motion with direction.

This school district operates two traditionally white schools (grades 1-6 and 7-12) and two all-Negro schools (grades 1-8 and 1-12), serving 555 white and 3,155 Negro students. In response to the government’s motion for supplemental relief based on Green v. County School Board, 391 U.S. 430, 88 S.Ct. 1689, 20 L.Ed.2d 716 (1968), the district court held…