United States v. The State of Georgia v. Charlie Ridley, Jr., Etc., Intervenors-Appellants

This appeal is from the denial by the district court of the motion of Charlie Ridley, Jr., et al. to intervene in a suit brought by the United States against the State of Georgia, et al. to desegregate 81 separate Georgia school districts.1 Appellants reside in four of the school districts. The district court authorized them to file such amicus curiae briefs as they might desire to file from time to time on the question presented.

In their motion to intervene in the district court, appellants sought to take command of the litigation through an expansion of the subject matter of the suit filed…