Opinion · Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Jerry Lockett v. Board of Education of Muscogee County

442 F.2d 1336

Type
Opinion
Court
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1971-05-28
Topic
general

PER CURIAM: The issue presented on this appeal having been mooted, the cause is remanded with direction that the district court require the school board forthwith to constitute and implement a student and faculty assignment plan that complies with the principles established in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, 1971, 402 U.S. 1, 91 S.Ct. 1267, 28 L.Ed.2d 554. As to faculty assignment, see also Singleton v. Jackson Municipal School District, 5 Cir., 1970, 419 F.2d 1211; Carter v. West Feliciana Parish School Board, 5 Cir., 1970, 432 F.2d 875.

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LOCKETT v. BOARD OF EDUC. OF MUSCOGEE COUNTY,442 F.2d 1336(5th Cir. 1971)
Jerry LOCKETT et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF
MUSCOGEE COUNTY et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 71-1084.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
May 28, 1971.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia; J. Robert Elliott, Judge.
Howard Moore, Jr., Peter E. Rindskopf, Atlanta, Ga., Jack Greenberg, New York City, C.B. King, Albany, Ga., Charles Stephen Ralston, New York City, for appellants.

J. Madden Hatcher, A.J. Land, Columbus, Ga., for appellees.
Before BELL, AINSWORTH, and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
The issue presented on this appeal having been mooted, the cause is remanded with direction that the district court require the school board forthwith to constitute and implement a student and faculty assignment plan that complies with the principles established in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, 1971,402 U.S. 1,91 S.Ct. 1267,28 L.Ed.2d 554. As to faculty assignment, see also Singleton v. Jackson Municipal School District, 5 Cir., 1970,419 F.2d 1211; Carter v. West Feliciana Parish School Board, 5 Cir., 1970,432 F.2d 875.

The district court shall require the school board to file semi-annual reports during the school year similar to those required in United States v. Hinds County School Board, 5 Cir., 1970,433 F.2d 619.

The mandate shall issue forthwith.

Remanded with direction.Page 1336