Legal Opinion
Berry v. School Dist. of City of Benton Harbor
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided April 4, 2002No. 4:67-CV-9PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION RE MOTIONS FOR UNITARY STATUS
HILLMAN, Senior District Judge.
After operating nearly 22 years under a remedial order, the Benton Harbor Area School District (“BHASD”) and the State of Michigan defendants move to terminate this 35-year-old school desegregation case by filing motions for unitary status. Defendants’ motions have been vigorously opposed by the plaintiff class and intervenor Michigan Education Association (“MEA”). The court heard sixteen days of testimony, received hundreds of exhibits, and reviewed extensive briefs and proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law. The…
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