Legal Opinion
United States v. State of Mississippi
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 6, 2018No. 16-60722PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIENER, Circuit Judge *153 Since 1970, the Simpson County School District ("the District") has been under a consent decree to monitor the District's efforts to desegregate its school system. Students attending District schools ("the Intervenors") intervened in the litigation in 1982, contending that the District had *154 not properly complied with the consent decree. In 2015, the District moved for a finding of unitary status in the area of faculty and staff employment. The Intervenors objected, and after a hearing, the district court granted unitary status. The Intervenors now appeal, and we affirm.
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