Legal Opinion
Shernika Holton v. City of Thomasville School
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 23, 2005No. 04-11063PublishedCited by 146 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARCUS, Circuit Judge:
At issue in this class action lawsuit is whether the City of Thomasville School District (“the District”) has satisfied its constitutional obligation to dismantle its former de jure racially segregated school system. The Plaintiffs — Shernika Holton and ten other representative parents of lack children attending elementary, mid-lie, and high schools operated by the District, and the Thomas County Branch of the NAACP — allege that the District has failed to do so, and request that judicial supervision of the District’s desegregation efforts be imposed.
After a lengthy…
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