United States of America, Sheanda Bryant, Intervenors-Appellants, Cross-Appellees v. Lawrence County School District, Cross-Appellants

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

A school board that had unconstitutionally segregated students by race was ordered by this court in 1969 to desegregate in accordance with a plan incorporated into this court’s decree. After the case had been remanded to the district court, the school board violated some of the terms of the desegregation order. The key issues are whether the school system has previously been declared unitary in the sense of being desegregated, and, if not, whether the court is now limited to ordering the school board to comply with the original desegregation plan or whether the…