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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 095 241 LID 014 513 TITLE United States of America, Buckley, et. al. V. Board of School Commissioners of the City of Indianapolis, Indiana, et. al. INSTITUTION Court of Appeals. Seventh Circuit. PUB DATE 21 Aug 74 NOTE 14p. EDRS PRICE MF-$0.75 HC-$1.50 PLUS POSTAGE DESCRIPTORS *Court Cases; Defacto Segregation; Dejure Segregation; *Federal Court Litigation; Federal Government; Federal Laws; *Integration Litigation; Law Enforcement; Racial Balance; School Districts; *School Integration; *Student Placement; Teacher Placement; Urban Education IDENTIFIERS Buckley V Indianapolis Board School Commissioners; *Indiana; Indianapolis ABSTRACT This is a school desegregation case originally brought by the United States against the Board of School Commissioners of Indianapolis, Indiana, but later expanded to include as defendants school districts located in the surrounding metropolitan area. These 17 separate appeals raise a host of divergent issues. The United States initiated this action on May 31, 1968, pursuant to sections of Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The complaint charged the Board of School Commissioners for the City of Indianapolis with racial discrimination in the assignment of faculty and students. The faculty portion of the charge was resolved first. Public school teachers in Indianapolis then obtained .a temporary restraining order to prevent transfers of teachers and staff without the consent of the teachers involved. Defendant school board and its members removed the case to the federal district court, which promptly dissolved the restraining order. The student portion of the 1968 case was tried before the court on July 12-21, 1971. In accordance with "Brown v. Board of Education," the court found that the Indianapolis school board was deliberately operating a de jure dual school system on May 17, 1954, and had not changed its policies in order to eliminate de jure segregation on or before May 31, 1968. Heard by Judges Swygert, Kiley, and Sprecher. Appealed from District Court for Southern District of Indiana (Case No. IP 68-C-225). (Author/JM)

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Page 1: DOCUMENT RESUME - ERIC · DOCUMENT RESUME ED 095 241 LID 014 513 TITLE United States of America, Buckley, et. al. V. Board. of School Commissioners of the City of Indianapolis, Indiana,

DOCUMENT RESUME

ED 095 241 LID 014 513

TITLE United States of America, Buckley, et. al. V. Boardof School Commissioners of the City of Indianapolis,Indiana, et. al.

INSTITUTION Court of Appeals. Seventh Circuit.PUB DATE 21 Aug 74NOTE 14p.

EDRS PRICE MF-$0.75 HC-$1.50 PLUS POSTAGEDESCRIPTORS *Court Cases; Defacto Segregation; Dejure

Segregation; *Federal Court Litigation; FederalGovernment; Federal Laws; *Integration Litigation;Law Enforcement; Racial Balance; School Districts;*School Integration; *Student Placement; TeacherPlacement; Urban Education

IDENTIFIERS Buckley V Indianapolis Board School Commissioners;*Indiana; Indianapolis

ABSTRACTThis is a school desegregation case originally

brought by the United States against the Board of SchoolCommissioners of Indianapolis, Indiana, but later expanded to includeas defendants school districts located in the surroundingmetropolitan area. These 17 separate appeals raise a host ofdivergent issues. The United States initiated this action on May 31,1968, pursuant to sections of Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of1964. The complaint charged the Board of School Commissioners for theCity of Indianapolis with racial discrimination in the assignment offaculty and students. The faculty portion of the charge was resolvedfirst. Public school teachers in Indianapolis then obtained .atemporary restraining order to prevent transfers of teachers andstaff without the consent of the teachers involved. Defendant schoolboard and its members removed the case to the federal district court,which promptly dissolved the restraining order. The student portionof the 1968 case was tried before the court on July 12-21, 1971. Inaccordance with "Brown v. Board of Education," the court found thatthe Indianapolis school board was deliberately operating a de juredual school system on May 17, 1954, and had not changed its policiesin order to eliminate de jure segregation on or before May 31, 1968.Heard by Judges Swygert, Kiley, and Sprecher. Appealed from DistrictCourt for Southern District of Indiana (Case No. IP 68-C-225).(Author/JM)

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Eniteb ' taste. (Court of Ztpptallfor tbe atbentb Circa

Nos. 73-196S through 73 -19S4-UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,DON NY BRURELL BUCKLEY, et al.,

Intervening Plantiffs-Appellees,v.

BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERSOF THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS,INDIANA, et al.,

Defendants-Appellants.

Appeals from theUnited States Dis-trict Court for theSouthern Di strictof Indiana, Indian-apolis Division.No. IP 68-C-225S. HUGH DILLIN,

Judge.

ARGUED FEBRUARY 20, 1974 DECIDED AUGUST 21, 1974

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, KILEY, Senior CircuitJudge, and SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

SPR:ECHER, Circuit Judge. This is a school desegregationcase originally brought by the United States againstthe Bortrd of School Commissioners of Indianapolis,Indiana, but later expanded to include as defendantsschool districts located in the surrounding metropolitanarea. These 17 separate appeals raise a host of divergentissues.

ITHE BACKGROUND

.The United States initiated this action on May 31, 1968,pursuant to section 407(a) and (b) of Title IV of theCivil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000c-6(a) and(b)). The complaint charged the Board of School Com-

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,EDUCATION & WELFARENATIONAL INSTITUTE OF

EDUCATIONTHIS DOCUE:NT At. "FEN REPRODUCE° EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROMTHE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGINAilrir; r POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONSSTATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFF iCIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OFEDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY

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.73

-196

8 th

roug

h 73

-198

42

mis

sion

ers

for

the

City

of

Indi

anap

olis

with

rac

ial .

dis-

elim

inat

ion

in th

e as

sign

men

t of

facu

lty a

nd s

tude

nts.

The

fac

ulty

por

tion

of th

e ch

arge

was

res

olve

d fi

rst.

On

Aug

ust 5

, 196

8, th

e di

stri

ct c

ourt

con

clud

ed (

purs

uant

to s

tipul

atio

n by

the

part

ies

that

rac

ial f

acto

rs h

ad b

een

cons

ider

ed in

the

assi

gnm

ent o

f te

ache

rs a

nd s

taff

mem

-be

rs)

that

rac

ial c

ompo

sitio

n of

fac

ulty

and

sta

ff d

epri

ved

stud

ents

of

equa

l pro

tect

ion

in v

iola

tion

of th

e Fo

urte

enth

Am

endm

ent.

The

cou

rt e

nter

ed a

con

sent

dec

ree

orde

ring

rem

edia

l inj

unct

ive

relie

f co

mm

enci

ng w

ith th

e sc

hool

year

of

1968

-69.

Fac

ulty

and

sta

ff d

eseg

rega

tion

is o

ne"i

mpo

rtan

t asp

ect o

f th

e ba

sic

task

of

achi

evin

ga

publ

icsc

hool

sys

tem

who

lly f

ree

from

rac

ial d

iscr

imin

atio

n".

Uni

ted

Stat

es v

. Mon

tgom

ery

Cou

nty

Boa

rd o

f E

duca

tion,

395

U.S

. 225

, 232

(19

69).

Publ

ic s

choo

l tea

cher

s in

Ind

iana

polis

then

bro

ught

a cl

ass

actio

n in

an

Indi

ana

stat

e co

urt a

nd o

btai

ned

a te

mpo

rary

res

trai

ning

ord

er to

pre

vent

tran

sfer

s of

teac

hers

and

sta

ff w

ithou

t the

con

sent

of

the

teac

hers

invo

lved

. Def

enda

nt s

choo

l hoa

rd a

nd it

sm

embe

rs r

e-m

oved

the

case

toth

efe

dera

ldi

stri

ctco

urt,

whi

chpr

ompt

ly d

isso

lved

the

rest

rain

ing

orde

r. B

urns

v. B

oard

of S

choo

l Com

mis

sion

ers,

302

F. S

upp.

309

(S.D

. Inc

l.1.

969)

, ard

, 437

F.2

d 11

.43

(7th

Cir

. 1.9

71.)

.T

he-

stud

ent p

ortio

n of

the

1968

case

was

trie

d be

fore

the

cour

t on

July

1.2

-21,

- 19

71. I

n ac

cord

ance

with

Bro

wn

v. B

oard

of

Edu

catio

n (B

row

n. I

), 3

47 U

.S. 4

83 (

1.95

4),

the

cour

t fou

nd th

at th

e In

dian

apol

is s

choo

l .bo

ard

was

delib

erat

ely

oper

atin

g a

de ju

re d

ual s

choo

lsy

stem

,.. o

nM

ay 1

7, 1

954

(the

dat

e of

Bro

wn

I), a

nd h

adno

t cha

nged

its p

olic

ies

in o

rder

to e

limin

ate

deju

re s

egre

gatio

non

or

hefo

re M

ay 3

1, 1

968

(the

dat

e of

the

gove

rnm

ent's

com

plai

nt).

Pur

suan

t to

Bro

wn

.v. B

oard

of

Edu

catio

n(B

row

n II

), 3

49 U

.S. 2

94 (

1955

), th

eco

urt o

n A

ugus

t18

, 1.9

71 o

rder

ed in

teri

m r

elie

f, r

etai

ned

juri

sdic

tion

toor

der

furt

her

relie

f an

d di

rect

ed th

e sc

hool

boar

d to

file

plan

s of

aff

imat

ive

actio

n fo

r th

e sc

hool

year

197

1-72

as r

equi

red

by G

reen

v. C

ount

y Sc

hool

Boa

rd, 3

91 U

.S.

403,

437

-38

(196

8). (

"Sch

ool b

oard

s.

.. w

ere

..

clea

rly

char

ged

with

the

affi

rmat

ive

duty

to ta

ke w

hate

ver

step

sm

ight

be

nece

ssar

y to

con

vert

to a

uni

tary

sys

tem

in

373

-196

8 th

roug

h 73

-198

4

whi

ch r

acia

l dis

crim

inat

ion

wou

ld h

e el

imin

ated

roo

t. an

dbr

anch

.")

Uni

ted

Stat

es v

. Boa

rd. o

f Sc

hool

Com

mis

sion

ers

(Ind

iana

polis

I),

332

F. S

upp.

655

(S.D

. Ind

.19

71),

ard,

474

F.2

d. 8

1. (

7th

Cir

.), c

ert.

deni

ed, 4

13 -

U.S

. 9f.

0(1

973)

.

In I

ndia

napo

lis I

, the

cou

rt c

oncl

uded

that

the

com

mon

law

of

Indi

ana

was

that

the

boun

dari

es o

f a

scho

ol d

istr

ict

and

of a

civ

il ci

ty w

ere

cote

rmin

ous,

a r

ule

fina

lly r

ecog

-ni

zed

by s

tatu

te in

193

1.1

Stat

utes

pas

sed

in 1

961.

2 an

din

196

95 p

rovi

ded

that

, if

Indi

anap

olis

' bou

ndar

ies

wer

eex

tend

ed, t

hose

of

its s

choo

l dis

tric

t cou

ld li

kew

ise

beex

pand

ed. S

uch

expa

nsio

n, h

owev

er, w

ould

be

subj

ect t

oa

sepa

rate

rem

onst

ranc

e or

vet

o by

a s

peci

fied

per

cent

age

of p

erso

ns a

ffec

ted.

In 1

969,

aft

er th

is s

uit h

ad b

een

com

men

ced,

the

civi

lgo

vern

men

ts o

f th

e C

ity o

f In

dian

apol

is a

nd o

f M

ario

nC

ount

y w

ere

cons

olid

ated

into

a u

nifi

ed, m

etro

polit

anci

ty g

over

nmen

t by

the

so-c

alle

d U

ni-G

ov A

ct.,

whi

chex

pres

sly

prov

ides

that

the

Indi

anap

olis

sch

ool d

istr

ict

wou

ld n

ot b

e af

fect

ed b

y th

e ex

pans

ion

of th

e ci

ty.'

Inot

her

wor

ds, t

he s

choo

ldi

stri

ct(o

r Sc

hool

City

)of

Indi

anap

olis

was

con

fine

d to

an

area

in th

e ce

ntra

l par

tof

the

new

Uni

-Gov

, whe

re it

is s

urro

unde

d by

eig

htto

wns

hip

scho

ol s

yste

ms

and

by tw

o ad

ditio

nal c

ity' s

choo

lco

rpor

atio

ns (

Bee

ch G

rove

and

Spe

edw

ay C

ity),

all

op-

erat

ing

inde

pend

ently

with

in th

e ne

w u

nifi

ed C

ity o

fIn

dian

apol

is a

nd w

ithin

Mar

ion

Cou

nty.

The

dis

tric

t cou

rt c

oncl

uded

that

"th

e ea

sy w

ay o

ut. .

.wou

ld b

e to

ord

er a

mas

sive

'fru

it ba

sket

' scr

ambl

ing

of s

tude

nts

with

in th

e Sc

hool

City

," b

ut "

it w

on't

wor

k."

Res

egre

gatio

n w

ould

rap

idly

occ

ur b

ecau

se o

f a

whi

teex

odus

fro

m w

hat w

ould

be

subs

tant

ially

bla

ck s

choo

ls.

The

res

egre

gatio

n pr

oble

m "

wou

ld p

ale

into

insi

gnif

ican

ceif

the

Iseh

ooli

Boa

rd's

juri

sdic

tion

wer

e co

term

inou

s w

ithth

at o

f U

ni-G

ov"

and

"wou

ld b

e m

inim

ized

stil

l fur

ther

1 A

cts

1931

, Ch.

94,

§ 1

, p. 2

91; B

urns

Ind

. Sta

t. A

nn. §

28-

2301

(19

48R

epl.)

, I.C

. 197

1, 2

0-3-

11-1

.2

Act

s 19

61, C

h. 1

86, §

§ 1,

9, 1

0; B

urns

Ind

. Sta

t. A

nn. §

§ 28

-233

8,28

-234

6, 2

8-23

47 (

1968

Cum

. Sup

p.),

I.C

. 197

1, 2

0-3-

14-1

, 20-

3-14

-10.

3 A

cts

1969

, Ch.

52,

§ 3

, p. 5

7; B

urns

Ind

, Sta

t. A

nn. §

28-

2346

a (1

970

Cum

. Sup

p.),

I.C

. 197

1, 2

0-3-

14-9

.*

Act

s 19

69, C

h. 1

73, §

314

, p. 3

57; B

urns

Ind

. Sta

t. A

nn. §

48-

9214

(197

0 C

um. S

upp.

), I

.G. 1

9711

18-

4 -

3 -1

4,

r.

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73-1

968

thro

ugh

73-1

984

4

if e

xten

ded

to.

..

Bee

ch G

rove

and

Spe

edw

ay C

ity, a

ndto

cer

tain

par

ts o

f th

e ad

join

ing

coun

ties

prac

tical

lyin

dist

ingu

isha

ble

from

the

City

of

Indi

anap

olis

..

.."

The

cour

t ord

ered

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es a

s pl

aint

iff

to jo

inas

addi

tiona

l par

ties

defe

ndan

t the

mun

icip

al c

orpo

ratio

nsan

d sc

hool

cor

pora

tions

whi

ch w

ould

hav

ean

inte

rest

in th

e co

urt's

inte

nded

con

side

ratio

n of

the

entir

em

etro

-ol

itan

area

. 332

F. S

tipp.

at 6

78-8

0.O

n Se

ptem

ber

7, 1

971,

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es m

oved

to a

ddas

par

ties

defe

ndan

t all

scho

ol c

orpo

ratio

ns in

Mar

ion

Cou

nty

(eig

ht to

wns

hips

and

two

city

cor

pora

tions

). A

few

day

s la

ter,

the

cour

t per

mitt

ed th

e B

uckl

ey p

lain

tiffs

Don

ny B

rure

ll B

uckl

ey a

nd A

ylci

a M

arqu

ese

Buc

kley

by th

eir

pare

nts

and

next

fri

end,

Rub

y L

. Buc

kley

)to

inte

rven

e in

thei

r ow

n ri

ght a

ndas

rep

rese

ntat

ives

of

acl

ass

cons

istin

g of

"al

l Neg

ro s

choo

lag

e ch

ildre

n re

sidi

ngin

the

area

ser

ved

by"

the

Indi

anap

olis

sch

ool b

oard

.T

he in

terv

enin

g pl

aint

iffs

, in

him

, joi

ned

as a

dditi

onal

part

ies

defe

ndan

t the

Gov

erno

r an

d A

ttorn

ey G

ener

alof

Ind

iana

, the

sta

te S

uper

inte

nden

t of

Publ

icin

stru

c-tio

n, th

e st

ate

Boa

rd o

f E

duca

tion

and

19sc

hool

cor

pora

-tio

ns (

incl

udin

g th

e te

n w

ithin

Mar

ion

Cou

nty

whi

chha

d be

en jo

ined

by

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es, p

lus

nine

in th

ead

join

ing

coun

ties

of B

oone

, Ham

ilton

, Han

cock

, Joh

nson

,M

orga

n an

d H

endr

icks

).C

itize

ns o

f In

dian

apol

is f

or Q

ualit

y Sc

hool

s, I

nc.,

ano

t-fo

r-pr

ofit.

cor

pora

tion

was

per

mitt

edto

inte

rven

e as

a de

fend

ant.

See

Uni

ted

Stat

es v

. Boa

rd o

f Sc

hool

Com

-m

issi

oner

s, 4

66 F

.2d

573

(7th

Cir

. 197

2), c

ert.

deni

ed,

410

U.S

. 909

(19

73).

Coa

litio

n fo

r In

tegr

ated

Edu

catio

n,an

uni

ncor

pora

ted

asso

ciat

ion

favo

ring

a m

etro

polit

anpl

an o

f de

segr

egat

ion,

was

gra

nted

leav

eto

file

bri

efs

asam

icus

cur

iae

in b

oth

the

dist

rict

cou

rt a

ndin

this

cou

rt.

r---

---;

..---

Phe

inte

rven

ing

plai

ntif

fs f

iled

an a

men

ded

com

plai

ntin

inte

rven

tion

in tw

o co

unts

. The

fir

stco

unt a

llege

dth

at th

e In

dian

a st

atut

es e

ffec

ting

a go

vern

men

tal r

e-or

gani

zatio

nin

Ind

iana

polis

wer

e nn

cons

titut

iona

las

raci

ally

dis

crim

inat

ory

beca

use

scho

ols

wer

e ex

clud

edfr

omth

eco

nsol

idat

edm

etro

polit

ango

vern

men

t, an

dpr

ayed

for

an

orde

r co

nsol

idat

ing

the

defe

ndan

tsc

hool

syst

ems.

The

sec

ond

coun

t alle

ged

and

soug

ht r

elie

ffr

omra

cial

dis

crim

inat

ion

by th

e st

ate

and

bylo

cal s

choo

l

573

-196

8 th

roug

h 73

-198

4

auth

oriti

es in

the

oper

atio

n of

the

publ

ic s

choo

lsof

Indi

anap

olis

and

the

surr

ound

ing

scho

ol c

orpo

ratio

ns.

The

add

ition

al d

efen

dant

s fi

led

vari

ous

mot

ions

atta

ck-

ing

thei

r jo

inde

r, th

e co

mpl

aint

in in

terv

entio

n an

d th

eco

urt's

juri

sdic

tion

on a

var

iety

of

grou

nds.

All

thes

em

otio

ns w

ere

over

rule

d by

the

dist

rict

cou

rt. S

ever

alof

the

adde

d de

fend

ants

sub

sequ

ently

app

lied

unsu

cces

s-fu

lly to

this

cou

rt f

or w

rits

of

proh

ibiti

on o

r m

anda

mus

to v

acat

e th

e jo

inde

r an

d in

terv

entio

n or

ders

;8 to

com

pel

the

conv

enin

g of

a th

ree-

judg

e di

stri

ct c

ourt

;a a

nd to

com

pel t

he r

ecus

atio

n of

the

dist

rict

judg

e.'

On

Sept

embe

r 28

, 197

2, th

e co

urt f

or th

e fi

rst t

ime

orde

red

the

deV

elop

men

t and

sub

mis

sion

of

com

preh

ensi

vepl

ans

for

the

dese

greg

atio

n of

the

Indi

anap

olis

dis

tric

t.8In

res

pons

e, th

e In

dian

apol

is h

oard

on

Febr

uary

8, 1

973

subm

itted

a p

lan,

den

omin

ated

the

"Sta

biliz

atio

n Pl

an."

The

"St

abili

zatio

n Pl

an"

was

sub

sequ

ently

rej

ecte

d by

the

cour

t on

June

11,

1.9

73.

The

rem

edy

phas

e (I

ndia

napo

lis I

I) w

as tr

ied

befo

reth

e co

urt f

rom

Jun

e 12

to J

uly

6 an

d on

Jul

y 18

, 197

3.O

nffa

ly..2

4197

3, th

e co

urt e

nter

ed it

s de

cisi

on, c

oncl

udin

gth

at (

1) d

eseg

rega

tion

prom

isin

g a

reas

onab

le d

egre

e of

perm

anen

ce c

ould

not

be

acco

mpl

ishe

d w

ithin

the

pres

ent

boun

dari

es o

f th

e In

dian

apol

is s

choo

l dis

tric

t;(2

)th

eSt

ate

of I

ndia

na, i

ts o

ffic

ials

and

age

ncie

s, h

ad b

y va

riou

sac

ts a

nd o

mis

sion

s pr

omot

ed s

egre

gatio

n an

d in

hibi

ted

dese

greg

atio

n w

ithin

the

Indi

anap

olis

dis

tric

t, so

that

5 T

his

cour

tru

led

on th

ree

such

appl

icat

ions

;A

von

Com

mun

itySc

hool

Cor

p. v

. Dill

in, N

o. 7

1-16

95 (

Sept

. 27,

197

1); C

arm

el -

Cla

n Sc

hool

sv.

Dal

in, N

o. 7

1-17

02(O

ct. 1

, 197

1); a

nd S

choo

l Tow

n of

Spe

edw

ayv.

Dill

in, N

o. 7

2-10

63 (

Feb.

2, 1

972)

, cer

t. de

nied

, 407

U.S

. 920

(19

72).

5 M

etro

polit

an S

choo

l Dis

tric

t v. D

illin

, No.

73-

1101

(Apr

. 2,

1973

),ce

rt. d

enie

d, 4

12 U

.S. 9

53 (

1973

).' S

enda

k v.

Dill

in, N

o. 7

3-11

44 (

Feb.

22,

197

3), c

ert.

deni

ed, 4

12 U

.S. 9

49(1

973)

; a m

otio

n fo

r st

ay o

f a

June

11,

197

3 tr

ial d

ate

pend

ing

the

rulin

g on

the

petit

ion

for

a w

rit o

f ce

rtio

rari

was

den

ied

by th

is c

ourt

on M

ay 2

3, 1

973

and

by th

e Su

prem

e C

ourt

at 4

12 U

.S. 9

37 (

1973

).8A

stu

dy o

f th

e sc

hool

sys

tem

, with

inte

rim

rec

omm

enda

tions

for

dese

greg

atio

n, w

as p

repa

red

at th

e re

ques

t of

the

boar

d by

a te

amof

rep

rese

ntat

ives

fro

m th

e O

ffic

e of

Edu

catio

n, D

epar

tmen

t of

Hea

lth,

Edu

catio

n an

d W

elfa

re.

Its

reco

mm

enda

tions

wer

e re

ject

ed b

y th

ebo

ard

on J

une

17, 1

969.

See

Uni

ted

Stat

es v

. Boa

rd o

f Sc

hool

Com

-m

issi

oner

s, 3

32 F

. Sup

p. 6

55, 6

70-7

1 (S

.D. I

nd. 1

971)

. A f

eder

ally

fun

ded

stud

y by

two

"adv

isor

ysp

ecia

lists

"em

ploy

ed b

y th

e sc

hool

boa

rdre

sulte

d in

a s

erie

s of

des

egre

gatio

n re

com

men

datio

ns w

hich

wer

e al

sore

ject

ed s

hort

ly b

efor

e tr

ial i

n 19

71. S

ee 3

32 F

. Sup

p. a

t 672

.

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73-1

968

thro

ugh

73-1

984

6.

.

the

stat

e, a

s th

e ag

ency

ulti

mat

ely

char

ged

unde

r In

dian

ala

w w

ith th

e op

erat

ion

of th

e pu

blic

sch

ools

, has

aco

n-tin

uing

aff

irm

ativ

e du

ty to

des

egre

gate

the

Indi

anap

olis

syst

em; (

3) th

e sy

stem

cou

ld b

e. e

ffec

tivel

y de

segr

egat

edei

ther

by

com

bini

ng it

s te

rrito

ry w

ith a

llor

par

t of

the

terr

itory

ser

ved

by th

e 1.

9 su

rrou

ndin

g sc

hool

cor

pora

tions

in a

nd a

djac

ent t

o M

ario

n C

ount

y in

toa

met

ropo

litan

syst

em a

nd th

en r

eass

igni

ng s

tude

nts

with

in th

e ex

pand

edsy

stem

or

by tr

ansf

erri

ng b

lack

stu

dent

s fr

om th

e In

dian

-ap

olis

dis

tric

t to

the

19 o

ther

s, e

ither

on a

(m

e-w

ay o

rex

chan

ge b

asis

; and

(4)

the

stat

e, th

roug

h its

Gen

eral

Ass

embl

y, s

houl

d fi

rst b

e af

ford

ed th

e op

port

unity

tose

lect

its

own

plan

; but

if it

fai

led

to d

oso

, the

cou

rtw

ould

pro

mul

gate

a p

lan.

The

cou

rt o

rder

ed in

teri

mre

lief

in th

e fo

rm o

f st

uden

t ass

ignm

ents

for

the

1973

-74

scho

ol y

ear

suff

icie

nt to

bri

ng th

e nu

mbe

r of

bla

ckst

uden

tsin

eac

h In

dian

apol

is e

lem

enta

ry s

choo

lup

to a

ppro

xi-

mat

ely

.15

perc

ent,

whi

ch w

as a

ccom

plis

hed.

° U

nite

d St

ates

v. B

oard

of

Scho

ol C

omm

issi

rmer

s (I

ndia

napo

lis I

I), 3

68F.

Stip

p. 1

.191

(S.

D. I

nd. 1

973)

.M

eanw

hile

,th

eIn

dian

aG

ener

alA

ssem

bly

was

orga

nize

d in

. Nov

embe

r, 1

973

for

a se

ssio

n to

beg

in in

Janu

ary,

197

4. O

n D

ecem

ber

.1.9

73, t

he c

ourt

issu

ed a

supp

lem

enta

l mem

oran

dum

of

deci

sion

, con

sist

ing

prin

-ci

pally

of

sugg

estio

ns a

nd r

ecom

men

datio

nsfo

r th

e G

en-

eral

Ass

embl

y to

impl

emen

t Ind

iana

polis

II w

ith a

naf

firm

ativ

e pl

an. U

nite

d St

ates

v. B

oard

of

Scho

ol L

iam

-m

issi

oner

s (I

ndia

napo

lis I

ll), 3

G8

F.Sn

pp. 1

223

(S.D

.In

d. 1

973)

.

The

Gen

eral

Ass

embl

y he

ld it

s sc

hedu

led

sess

ion.

The

only

legi

slat

ion

it pa

ssed

rel

atin

g to

this

case

was

Sen

ate

Enr

olle

d A

ct N

o. 1

19, w

hich

was

sig

ned

into

law

by

the

Gov

erno

r of

Ind

iana

on

Febr

uary

20,

197

4.T

he s

tatu

te°

On

Aug

ust 2

0, 1

973,

an

addi

tiona

l hea

ring

was

con

duct

ed, a

fter

whi

chth

e co

urt r

uled

that

a p

lan

subm

itted

by

the

Indi

anap

olis

boa

rd f

aile

dto

com

ply

with

the

inte

rim

rel

ief

orde

r an

d th

at c

ircu

mst

ance

sju

stif

ied

the

appo

intm

ent,

as o

ffic

ers

of th

e co

urt,

of a

two-

man

com

mis

sion

to a

ccom

plis

h th

e ta

sk. O

n A

ugus

t 30.

197

3,a

plan

for

mul

ated

by

the

com

mis

sion

ers

was

app

rove

d. A

pplic

atio

ns b

y th

e In

dian

apol

isbo

ard

for

a st

ay o

f im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e or

ders

ent

ered

on A

ugus

t 20

and

30 w

ere

deni

ed b

y th

is c

ourt

, Mis

c. N

o. 7

3-81

70 (

Sept

.10

, 197

3), a

ndby

a J

ustic

e of

the

Supr

eme

Cou

rt, B

oard

of

Scho

olC

omm

issi

oner

sv.

Uni

ted

Stat

es, N

o. A

-278

(Se

pt. 1

4 an

d Se

pt. 2

1, 1

973)

(Reh

nqui

st,

J.).

The

pla

n ha

s no

w b

een

impl

emen

ted.

The

com

mis

sion

ers

wer

edi

scha

rged

on

Dec

embe

r 10

, 197

3.

773

-196

8 th

roug

h 73

-198

4

prov

ides

for

the

adju

stm

ent o

f tu

ition

am

ong

tran

sfer

oran

d tr

ansf

eree

sch

ools

and

for

the

reim

burs

emen

t of

tran

spor

tatio

n co

sts

by th

e st

ate

and

is r

igid

ly li

mite

din

its

appl

icat

ion:

Thi

s ch

apte

r ap

plie

s so

lely

in a

situ

atio

n w

here

aco

urt o

f th

e U

nite

d St

ates

or

of th

e St

ate

of I

ndia

nain

a s

uit t

o w

hich

the

tran

sfer

or o

r -t

rans

fere

e co

r-po

ratio

n or

cor

pora

tions

are

par

ties

has

foun

d th

efo

llow

ing;

(a)

a tr

ansf

eror

cor

pora

tion

has

viol

ated

the

equa

l pro

tect

ion

clau

se o

f th

e Fo

urte

enth

Am

end-

men

t to

the

Con

stitu

tion

of th

e U

nite

d St

ates

by

prac

ticin

g de

jure

rac

ial s

egre

gatio

n of

the

stud

ents

with

in it

s bo

rder

s; (

b) a

uni

tary

sch

ool s

yste

m w

ithin

the

mea

ning

of

such

Am

endm

ent c

anno

t be

hnpl

e-m

ente

d w

ithin

the

boun

dari

es o

f th

e tr

ansf

eror

cor

-po

ratio

n; a

nd (

c) th

e Fo

urte

enth

Am

endm

ent c

om-

pels

the

Cou

rt to

ord

er a

tran

sfer

or c

orpo

ratio

n to

tran

sfer

its

stud

ents

for

edu

catio

n to

one

or

mor

etr

ansf

eree

cor

pora

tions

to e

ffec

t a p

lan

of d

eseg

rega

-tio

n in

the

tran

sfer

or c

orpo

ratio

n w

hich

is a

ccep

tabl

ew

ithin

the

mea

ning

of

such

Am

endm

ent.

Thi

s ch

apte

rsh

all n

ot a

pply

unt

il al

l app

eals

fro

m s

uch

orde

r,w

heth

er ta

ken

by th

e tr

ansf

eror

cor

pora

tion,

any

tran

sfer

ee c

orpo

ratio

n or

any

par

ty to

the

actio

n,ha

ve b

een

exha

uste

d or

the

time

for

taki

ng s

uch

appe

als

has

expi

red,

exc

ept w

here

all

stay

s of

atr

ansf

er o

rder

pen

ding

app

eal o

r fu

rthe

r co

urt a

ctio

nha

ve b

een

deni

ed.

II

INT

ER

IM R

EL

IEF

WIT

HIN

TH

E I

ND

IAN

APO

LIS

PUB

LIC

SC

HO

OL

.SY

STE

MIn

Ind

iana

polis

II,

the

dist

rict

cou

rt d

irec

ted

the

In-

dian

apol

is p

ublic

sch

ool s

yste

m (

whi

ch th

e co

urt r

efer

red

to a

s IP

S) to

rea

rran

ge th

e en

rollm

ent p

atte

rns

in it

sel

emen

tary

sch

ools

, eff

ectiv

e w

ith th

e 19

73-7

4 sc

hool

yea

r,so

that

eac

h sc

hool

wou

ld h

ave

a m

inim

um b

lack

enr

oll-

men

t "in

the

area

of

15%

." I

PS w

as d

irec

ted

to p

air

or c

lust

er s

choo

ls in

clo

se-p

roxi

mity

and

to r

ealig

n sc

hool

assi

gnm

ent z

ones

in o

rder

to e

xpan

d th

e ne

ighb

orho

odor

com

mun

ity s

choo

l con

cept

and

to r

educ

e th

e ne

cess

ityfo

r bu

sing

. If,

aft

er u

tiliz

ing

thes

e pr

oced

ures

, cer

tain

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73-1

968

thro

ugh

73-1

984

8

scho

ols

did

not m

eet t

he r

equi

red

perc

enta

ges

of b

lack

enro

llmen

t, pa

irin

g or

clu

ster

ing

of s

choo

ls in

non

cont

igu-

ous

zone

s w

ould

be

requ

ired

. 368

P. S

tipp.

at 1

209.

The

una

nim

ous

Cou

rt in

Sw

ann

Cha

rlot

te-M

eckl

en-

burg

Boa

rd o

f E

duca

tion,

402

U.S

. 1, 2

7 (1

.971

), d

iscu

ssed

thes

e pr

ecis

e re

med

ies

and

conc

lude

d th

at. e

ven

if p

aire

dor

gro

uped

zon

es f

or tr

ansf

erri

ng b

lack

s ou

t of

and

whi

tes

into

for

mer

ly s

egre

gate

d bl

ack

scho

ols

wer

e "o

nop

posi

te e

nds

of th

e ci

ty,"

nev

erth

eles

s "[

a] s

an

inte

rim

corr

ectiv

e m

easu

re, t

his

cann

ot b

e sa

id to

be

beyo

nd th

ebr

oad

rem

edia

l pow

ers

of a

cou

rt."

In r

espo

nse

to I

ndia

mpo

lia I

I, I

PS s

ubm

itted

a p

lan

whi

ch p

ropo

sed

to c

lose

fou

r pr

edom

inan

tly b

lack

sch

ools

and

to d

istr

ibut

e th

e di

spla

ced

stud

ents

to w

hite

sch

ools

with

exc

ess

unus

ed c

apac

ity. A

fter

an

evid

entia

ry h

eari

ngon

Aug

ust 2

0, 1

973

on th

e IP

S pl

an, t

he d

istr

ict c

ourt

foun

d on

Aug

ust 2

7 th

at it

(1)

(lid

not

rea

djus

t the

perc

enta

ge o

f m

inor

ity s

tude

nts

in th

e el

emen

tary

sch

ools

to a

ppro

xiin

atel

y .1

5 pe

rcen

t;(2

) di

d no

t pro

vide

for

.red

ucin

g th

e pe

rcen

tage

of

min

ority

stu

dent

s at

Sho

rt-

ridg

e H

igh

Scho

ol n

or f

or in

crea

sing

the

perc

enta

geof

min

ority

stu

dent

s at

Tho

mas

Car

r H

owe

Hig

h Sc

hool

,as

pre

viou

sly

orde

red;

and

(3)

did

not

pro

vide

for

the

use

of a

ny o

f th

e at

tend

ance

zon

e; p

airi

ng o

r cl

uste

ring

devi

ces

requ

ired

by

the

cour

t. T

he c

ourt

,' co

nclu

din0

.th

at "

the

Boa

rd is

una

ble

or u

nwill

ing

to c

ompl

y w

ithth

e or

ders

of

this

cou

rt,"

app

oint

ed a

two-

man

com

mis

sion

to d

evel

op d

eseg

rega

tion

plan

s, te

mpo

rari

ly a

ssig

ned

the

IPS

plan

ning

sta

ff to

ass

ist t

he c

omm

issi

oner

s, a

ndre

-qu

ired

that

app

licat

ion

be m

ade

for

avai

labl

e fe

dera

lfu

nds

to a

ssis

t in

dese

greg

atio

n"T

he B

oard

. of

Scho

ol C

omm

issi

oner

s of

IPS

in th

epr

esen

t app

eal a

ttack

s th

e di

stri

ct c

ourt

's o

rder

inso

far

as it

(1)

hel

d th

e bo

ard

in d

efau

lt; (

2) a

ppoi

nted

the

two-

man

com

mis

sion

to p

repa

re p

lans

of

dese

greg

atio

n;(3

) as

sign

ed th

e pr

ofes

sion

al p

lann

ing

staf

f of

IPS

toth

e te

mpo

rary

ser

vice

of

the

com

mis

sion

; and

(4)

ord

ered

IPS

to a

pply

for

all

avai

labl

e fe

dera

l fun

ds.

to I

n an

ord

er e

nter

ed o

n A

ugus

t 27,

1973

, and

exp

ande

d by

an

orde

r de

nyin

g st

ay e

nter

ed D

ecem

ber

18, 1

973,

the

cour

t ord

ered

the

Indi

anap

olis

boa

rd to

app

ly "

for

Fede

ral f

unds

in a

ll of

the

vari

ous

cate

gori

esav

aila

ble

tosc

hool

syst

ems

oper

atin

gun

der

orde

rsof

dese

greg

atio

n."

973

-196

8 th

roug

h 73

-198

4

IPS

alle

ges

that

the

com

mis

sion

's p

lan

for

inte

rim

relie

f, w

hich

rea

ssig

ned

som

e 9,

200

stud

ents

as

oppo

sed

to th

e IP

S pl

an r

eass

igni

ng a

ppro

xim

atel

y 4,

500

stud

ents

,"i

n la

rge

part

was

cop

ied

from

the

earl

ier

[IPS

] pl

an."

IPS

Bri

ef, p

. 27.

We

fail

to p

erce

ive

how

des

egre

gatio

n an

d di

sman

tle-

men

t of

the

IPS

dual

sch

ool s

yste

m w

ould

be

adva

nced

by d

isca

rdin

g th

e co

urt's

inte

rim

pla

n, w

hich

has

bee

nin

eff

ect f

or a

n en

tire

scho

ol y

ear,

and

by

subs

titut

ing

a si

mila

r pl

an th

at g

oes

only

hal

f as

far

as

the

adop

ted

plan

in a

chie

ving

des

egre

gatio

n."T

he m

easu

re o

f an

y de

segr

egat

ion

plan

is it

s.ef

fect

ive-

ness

." D

avis

v. B

oard

of

Scho

ol C

omm

issi

oner

s, 4

02 -

U.S

.33

, 37

(1.9

71.)

. "[A

] sc

hool

aut

hori

ty's

rem

edia

l pla

n or

adi

stri

ct c

ourt

's r

emed

ial d

ecre

e is

to b

e ju

dged

by

itsef

fect

iven

ess.

" Sw

ann

v. C

harl

otte

-Mec

klen

burg

Boa

rd o

fE

duca

tion,

402

U.S

. 1.,

25 (

1971

). "

The

obl

igat

ion

of th

edi

stri

ct c

ourt

s, a

s it

alw

ays

has

been

, is

to a

sses

s th

eef

fect

iven

ess

of a

pro

pose

d pl

an in

ach

ievi

ng d

eseg

rega

-tio

n."

Gre

en, v

. Cou

nty

Scho

ol B

oard

, 391

. U.S

. 430

, 439

(196

8).

Her

e th

e co

urt's

inte

rim

.pla

n, a

lthou

gh c

once

dedl

y on

lya

tem

pora

ry m

easu

re, w

as a

t lea

st tw

ice

as e

ffec

tive

as th

e re

ject

ed I

PS p

lan.

The

per

cent

age

of n

onw

hite

enr

ollm

ent i

n IP

S gr

ewfr

om 1

8.9

perc

ent i

n 1.

950

to 2

6 pe

rcen

t in

1.96

0 an

d to

35.9

per

cent

in 1

970.

At t

he ti

me

of tr

ial,

the

perc

enta

geof

-litt

ie-k

en-r

Zlim

eni w

as 4

1..1

per

cent

. The

IPS

inte

rim

plan

aff

ecte

d 30

611

1iea

-fiii

rbiii

iiiii6

7-10

0 el

emen

tary

schd

ols

and

brou

ght n

onw

hite

enr

ollm

ent t

oap

prox

i-m

atel

y 15

per

cent

in e

ach

scho

ol. T

he c

omm

issi

on (

cour

t-ad

opte

d) in

teri

m p

lan

affe

cted

sig

nifi

cant

ly 6

1. e

lem

enta

rysc

hool

s an

d te

nded

to b

ring

bot

h pr

edom

inan

tly w

hite

and

blac

k sc

hool

s cl

oser

to 4

1 pe

rcen

t bla

ck e

nrol

lmen

tpe

r sc

hool

.T

he 1

972

enro

llmen

t, th

e IP

S-pl

anne

d en

rollm

ent f

or19

73 a

nd th

e co

mm

issi

on-p

lann

ed e

nrol

lmen

t for

197

3co

mpa

re a

s fo

llow

s (N

.C. r

efer

s to

"no

cha

nge"

and

indi

cate

s a

disc

ontin

ued

scho

ol):

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enta

geN

on-W

hite

Enr

ollm

ent

10

Perc

enta

geN

on-W

hite

Enr

ollm

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Scho

ol19

72IP

SC

omm

.Sc

hool

1972

IPS

Com

m.

198

.6N

.C.

N.C

.34

0.6

14.9

19.6

223

.7N

.C.

21.5

350.

0N

.C.

19.2

30.

714

.527

.5.3

610

0.0

N.C

.4

99.5

39.8

3799

.0N

.C.

34.9

547

.7N

.C.

N.C

.38

94.2

N.C

.35

.06

394.

215

.120

,1.

738

.8N

.C.

N.C

.40

S1.

7N

.C.

15.2

41.

99.6

N.C

.N

.C.

932

.1N

.C.

4210

0.0

N.C

.N

.C.

10-

-43

99.8

N.C

.N.C.

1140

.7N

.C.

N.C

.44

99.6

N.C

.N

.C.

1230

.7N

.C.

20.8

4598

.4N

.C.

N.C

.13

--

468.

91.

5.0

24.7

146.

91.

5.2

15.1

470.

01.

5.0

24.8

150.

6N

.C.

27.5

4810

0.0

N.C

.N

.C.

1611

.816

.149

5.4

1.5.

024

.717

500.

0N

.C.

3.1.

018

0.7

N.C

.19

.251

.88

.2N

.C.

39.9

193.

815

.020

.452

77.2

N.C

.31

.020

11.8

15.0

20.1

5344

.9N

.C.

N.C

.21

9.9

15.0

20.2

540.

0N

.C.

22.0

299.

115

.0.

15.0

5514

.7N

.C.

N.C

.23

.56

1.00

.0N

.C.

N.C

.24

575.

015

.023

.1.

25

580.

61.

5.0

23.2

2693

.0N

.C.

38.0

5918

.7N

.C.

N.C

.27

86.5

N.C

.N

.C.

6010

0.0

N.C

.N

.C.

28

3.0

15.0

20.4

611.

915

.01.

9.9

2910

0.0

-62

1.6

N.C

.15

.330

0.7

15.0

30.8

6399

.7N

.C.

N.C

.31

0.0

N.C

.19

.164

99.4

N.C

.37

.932

94.1

-65

4.2

N.C

.19

.733

7.7

15.1

27.4

6695

,1N

.C.

1173

-196

8 th

roug

h 73

-198

4

Perc

enta

gePe

rcen

tage

Non

-Whi

teE

nrol

lmen

tN

on-W

hite

Enr

ollm

ent

Scho

ol19

72IP

SC

omm

. Sch

ool

1972

IPS

Com

m.

6736

.6N

.C.

31..6

911.

8.7

N.C

.N

.C.

680.

3N

.C.

18.0

2 92

4.0

N.C

.23

.18

6999

.2N

.C.

38.0

-93

1.0

N.C

.25

.770

41..0

N.C

.34

.794

0.6

15.0

25.7

71.

96.7

N.C

.N

.C.

951.

7N

.C.

92.4

7920

.1.

N.C

.N

.C.

9(i

0.8.

15.1

.16

.473

81.9

N.C

.84

.72

9725

.4N

.C.

N.C

.74

23.2

N: C

.N

.C.

980.

21.

4.5

19.8

7584

6N

.C.

N.C

.99

39.7

N.C

.N

.C.

7699

.7N

.C.

N.C

. 100

4.4

15,1

.15

.1.

771.

2N

.C.

23.0

101.

36.2

N.C

.N

.C.

780.

015

.022

.11.

021.

215

.019

.979

0.4

15.0

20.0

103

3,3

N.C

.19

.880

13.0

N.C

.N

.C. 1

0445

.8N

.C.

22.4

81.

2.5

N.C

.20

.0 1

050.

415

.019

.882

0.0

N.C

.20

.210

624

.0N

.C.

N.C

.83

63.1

N.C

.N

.C. 1

076.

1.1.

5.1.

21.5

84(i

.815

.015

.210

81.

8N

.C.

17.7

8512

.7N

.C.

N.C

. 109

0.9

N.C

.1.

9.8

S653

.2N

.C.

N.C

. 110

99.2

N.C

.N

.C.

8710

0.0

N.C

.29

.911

1.37

.3N

.C.

34.3

SS0.

5N

.C.

15.8

112

68.2

N.C

.38

.089

3.7

N.C

..

1.8.

89 1

136.

51.

5.0

25.7

908.

015

.115

.011

452

.5N

.C.

34.0

The

dis

tric

t cou

rt p

rope

rly

reje

cted

the

IPS

plan

,w

hich

, tw

o ye

ars

afte

r . t

he f

indi

ng o

f de

jure

seg

rega

tion

by I

PS, w

ent a

rel

ativ

ely

shor

t dis

tanc

e to

war

d de

segr

e-ga

tion.

"T

he b

urde

n on

a s

choo

l boa

rd to

day

is to

com

efo

rwar

d w

ith a

pla

n th

at p

rom

ises

rea

listic

ally

to w

ork,

and

prom

ises

rea

listic

ally

to w

ork

izow

." G

reen

v. C

ount

ySc

hool

. Boa

rd, s

upra

at 4

39.

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CIA

L B

AL

AN

CE

WIT

HIN

TH

EM

ET

RO

POL

ITA

N I

ND

IA

NA

POL

IS A

RE

AE

ven

the

Boa

rd o

f Sc

hool

Com

mis

sion

ers

ofIP

S co

n-ce

des

that

"it

appe

ars

clea

r fr

om th

e ea

ses

here

tofo

rede

cide

d by

the

Supr

eme

Cou

rt o

f th

e U

nite

d St

ates

that

the

..

.ob

ligat

ion

impo

sed

by th

e C

onst

itutio

n of

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es u

pon

TPS

is th

e du

ty to

dis

man

tleth

edu

al s

choo

l sys

tem

whi

ch w

as f

ound

to e

xist

with

in it

spr

esen

t bou

ndar

ies.

" B

rief

, pp.

1.2

-1.3

.T

he d

istr

ict c

ourt

's o

ppos

ition

to a

fin

al d

eseg

rega

tion

plan

with

in I

PS w

as o

n th

e ba

sis

that

"in

the

long

haul

,it

won

't w

ork.

" 33

2 F.

Sup

p. a

t 678

. The

cou

rt's

theo

ryw

as r

esta

ted

in I

ndia

napo

lis I

I (3

68F.

Sup

p. a

t 1.1

.97)

:

fTlh

e C

ourt

in it

s or

igin

al o

pini

on e

xpre

ssed

som

edo

ubts

as

to w

heth

er o

r no

t a s

tabl

e de

segr

egat

ion

plan

cou

ld b

e es

tabl

ishe

d w

ithin

the

conf

ines

of

IPS,

base

d up

on th

e ev

iden

ce a

dduc

ed a

t tha

t tri

al, w

hich

was

all

to th

e ef

fect

that

whe

n th

e pe

rcen

tage

of

Neg

ro p

upils

in a

giv

en s

choo

l app

roac

hes

40%

, mor

eor

less

,th

e ex

odus

of

whi

te p

upils

fro

m s

uch

asc

hool

bec

omes

acc

eler

ated

and

irre

vers

ible

, res

ultin

gin

res

egre

gatio

n. H

owev

er, a

dditi

onal

evi

denc

e on

the

issu

e w

as a

dduc

ed a

t the

rec

ent t

rial

, and

the

Cou

rtba

ses

itsfi

ndin

gsex

clus

ivel

yup

onsu

chla

tter

yev

iden

ce.

Hav

ing

cons

ider

ed s

uch

evid

ence

, the

Cou

rt f

inds

it to

be

a fa

ct th

at w

hen

the

perc

enta

ge o

f N

egro

pupi

ls in

a g

iven

sch

ool a

ppro

ache

s 25

% to

30%

,m

ore

or le

ss, i

n th

e ar

ea s

erve

dby

IPS

, the

whi

teex

odus

fro

m s

uch

a sc

hool

dis

tric

t bec

omes

acc

eler

ated

and

cont

inue

s..

.A

ll w

itnes

ses

agre

ed th

at o

nce

a sc

hool

bec

omes

iden

tifia

bly

blac

k, it

nev

er r

ever

ses

to w

hite

, in

the

abse

nce

of r

edis

tric

ting.

The

refo

re,

prog

ress

ions

fro

m w

hite

to b

lack

are

irre

vers

ible

once

the

criti

cal p

erce

ntag

eha

s be

en r

each

ed in

the

abse

nce

of in

terv

entio

n th

roug

h re

dist

rict

ing.

:Bel

owth

e cr

itica

l per

cent

age,

how

ever

, sch

ools

tend

to r

e-m

ain

stab

le. .

..

1573

-196

8 th

roug

h 73

-198

4

The

dis

tric

t cou

rt th

en c

oncl

uded

that

the

mos

teff

ectiv

em

etho

d of

rea

listic

ally

acc

ompl

ishi

ng d

eseg

rega

tion

ofIP

S w

ould

be

eith

er b

y co

mbi

ning

IPS

terr

itory

. with

that

of

all o

r pa

rt o

f th

e te

rrito

ry s

erve

d by

the

ten

Mar

ion

Cou

nty

(Uni

-Gov

) sc

hool

dis

tric

ts a

ndpo

ssib

lyal

so w

ith th

at o

f so

me

or a

ll of

the

nine

sch

ool d

istr

icts

in c

ount

ies

adja

cent

to M

ario

n C

ount

y, a

nd th

en r

e-as

sign

ing

stud

ents

with

in th

e m

etro

polit

an a

rea

thus

crea

ted,

or

by tr

ansf

erri

ng b

lack

stu

dent

s fr

om I

PS to

the

othe

r di

stri

cts,

eith

er o

n a

one-

way

or

an e

xcha

nge

basi

s.H

avin

g fo

und

IPS

guilt

y of

de

jure

seg

rega

tion,

the

cour

t the

n pr

ocee

ded

to c

onsi

der

upon

evi

dent

iary

hea

ring

the

situ

atio

n hi

the

rem

aini

ng s

choo

l dis

tric

ts. H

e co

n-cl

uded

(36

8 F.

Sup

p. a

t 120

3):

The

re w

as n

o ev

iden

ce th

at a

ny o

f th

e ad

ded

defe

ndan

t sch

ool c

orpo

ratio

ns h

ave

com

mitt

ed a

cts

of d

e ju

re s

egre

gatio

n di

rect

ed a

gain

st N

egro

stu

-de

nts

livin

g w

ithin

thei

r re

spec

tive

bord

ers.

In

fact

,th

e ev

iden

ce s

how

s th

at, w

ith a

few

exc

eptio

ns, n

one

ofth

e ad

ded

defe

ndan

ts h

ave

had

the

oppo

rtun

ity to

com

mit

such

ove

rt a

cts

beca

use

the

Neg

ro p

opul

atio

nre

sidi

ng w

ithin

the

bord

ers

of s

uch

defe

ndan

ts r

ange

s/fr

om s

light

to n

one.

..

.

In M

illik

en v

. Bra

dley

,U

.S.

(Jul

y 25

, 197

4),

whe

re th

e lo

wer

cou

rts

had

foun

d a

de ju

re s

egre

gate

dpu

blic

sch

ool s

yste

m in

ope

ratio

n in

Det

roit

(Bra

dley

v. M

illik

en, 3

38 F

. Sup

p. 5

82, 5

94 (

E.D

. Mic

h.19

71),

afd,

484

F.2

d 21

5, 2

58 (

6th

Cir

. 197

3)),

but

with

"no

shoW

ing

of s

igni

fica

nt V

iola

tion

by th

e 53

out

lyin

g sc

hool

dist

rict

s an

d no

evi

denc

e of

any

inte

rdis

tric

t vio

latio

nor

eff

ect,"

the

maj

ority

of

the

Supr

eme

Cou

rt s

aid:

To

appr

ove

the

rem

edy

orde

red

by th

e co

urt w

ould

impo

se o

n th

e ou

tlyin

g di

stri

cts,

not

to h

ave

com

-m

itted

any

con

stitu

tiona

l vio

latio

n, a

who

lly im

per-

mis

sibl

e re

med

y. .

..

Dis

para

te tr

eatm

ent o

f W

hite

and

Neg

ro s

tude

nts

occu

rred

with

in th

e D

etro

it sc

hool

sys

tem

, and

not

else

whe

re, a

nd o

n th

e. r

ecor

d th

e re

med

y m

ust b

elim

ited

to th

at s

yste

m.

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ugh

73-1

984

18

In I

ndia

napo

lis I

, whi

ch h

ad b

een

deci

ded

16 m

onth

spr

ior

to th

e. in

terv

iew

, the

judg

e ha

d fo

und

afte

r he

arin

gth

at "

Mow

-ren

t hou

sing

pro

ject

s w

ithin

the

Scho

ol C

ityha

ve s

igni

fica

ntly

aff

ecte

d th

e ra

cial

com

posi

tion

of th

esc

hool

s."

332

F. S

upp.

at 6

73."

"The

rem

arks

wer

e de

rive

d fr

om p

roce

edin

gs h

ad b

e-fo

re th

e co

urt,

and

not o

n at

titud

es o

r co

ncep

tions

that

wer

e fo

rmed

out

side

the

cour

troo

m, s

o as

to c

onst

itute

disq

ualif

ying

per

sona

l bia

sor

.pre

judi

ce."

Man

ger.

v.

Uni

ted

Stat

es, 3

98 F

.2d

91, 1

01 (

8th

Cir

. 196

8), c

ert.

deni

ed, 3

93 U

.S. 1

119

(196

9).

Furt

herm

ore,

com

men

ts.

rulin

gsor

ques

tions

pro-

poun

ded

to w

itnes

ses

by d

ie ju

dge

duri

ng th

e su

bseq

uent

tria

l in

whi

ch th

e st

ate

offi

cial

s pa

rtic

ipat

ed a

s de

fen-

dant

s, a

nd v

iew

s ex

pres

sed

conc

erni

ng th

e ap

plic

able

law

dur

ing

that

tria

l, do

not

est

ablis

h pe

rson

al b

ias

orpr

ejud

ice.

Nor

did

the

stat

e of

fici

als

file

any

sub

sequ

ent

affi

davi

t cov

erin

g tr

ial e

vent

s.13

We

have

exa

min

ed th

ere

cord

and

hav

e fo

und

that

the

judg

e w

as n

eces

sari

ly f

irm

at ti

mes

, par

ticul

arly

whe

n it

appe

ared

0at

tbp,

def

enda

nts

wer

e fo

ot-d

ragg

ing

and

stal

ling,

but

nev

er,e

xhib

itpe

rson

al b

ias

or p

reju

dice

, nor

go

beyo

nd f

ile b

timid

S- o

fan

ordi

nary

and

rea

sona

ble

trie

r of

fac

t atte

mpt

ing

to s

olve

a di

ffic

ult a

nd le

ngth

y sc

hool

des

egre

gatio

n ca

se.

Add

ing

Part

ies-

Def

enda

nt W

hile

App

eal P

endi

ng. T

hest

ate

offi

cial

s ar

gue

that

IPS

app

eale

d fr

om I

ndia

napo

lis I

\on

Sep

tem

ber

10, 1

971

and

that

eve

ryth

ing

that

spir

ed in

the

dist

rict

cou

rt b

etw

een

that

dat

e an

d Fe

b-na

ry 1

, 197

3, w

hen

this

cou

rt a

ffir

med

Ind

iana

polis

I (

474'

F.2d

81)

, is

null

and

void

. The

y po

int p

artic

ular

lyto

the

addi

tion

of th

e st

ate

offi

cial

s as

par

ties -

.def

enda

nt o

n Se

p-te

mbe

r 14

, 197

1, th

e fi

ling

of th

e am

ende

d co

mpl

aint

and

com

plai

nt in

inte

rven

tion

and

the

tria

l of

Indi

anap

olis

II.

We

disp

osed

of

this

con

tent

ion

inan

ear

lier

appe

alin

this

cas

e, U

nite

d St

ates

v. B

oard

of

Scho

olC

omm

is-

12 S

ee a

lso

332

F. S

upp.

at 6

76: "

[R]e

segr

egat

ion

rapi

dly

occu

rs, a

ndth

e en

tire

cent

ral c

ore

of th

e in

volv

ed c

ity d

evel

ops

into

a vi

rtua

llyal

l-N

egro

city

with

in a

city

whe

n, a

s in

Ind

iana

polis

, the

Neg

ro 'r

esi-

dent

ial a

rea

is la

rgel

y co

nfin

ed to

a p

ortio

n of

the

cent

ral

city

in th

efi

rst p

lace

."13

28

U.S

.C. §

144

pro

vide

s th

at "

[a]

part

y m

ay f

ile o

nly

one

such

affi

davi

t in

any

case

," b

ut it

als

o pr

ovid

es th

at th

e af

fida

vit "

shal

lst

ate

the

fact

s an

d th

e re

ason

s fo

r th

e be

lief

that

bia

sor

pre

judi

ce e

xist

s."

1973

-196

8 th

roug

h 73

-198

4

sion

ers,

No.

72-

1948

(A

ug. 1

0, 1

973)

, whe

re w

e sa

id (

p.3)

:14

..

Def

enda

nts

also

con

tend

that

all

juri

sdic

tion

pass

ed f

rom

the

dist

rict

cou

rt w

hen

the

notic

e to

ap-

peal

was

file

d.C

erta

inly

the

dist

rict

cou

rt h

ad th

e po

wer

to e

n-fo

rce

its e

arlie

r or

der

whi

le th

e ap

peal

was

pen

ding

.T

he F

ifth

Cir

cuit

addr

esse

d de

fend

ants

'ju

risd

ic-

tiona

l con

tent

ion

in P

laqu

emin

es P

aris

h C

omm

issi

on.

Cou

ncil

v. U

nite

d St

ates

, 416

F.2

d 95

2, 9

54 (

5th

Cir

.19

69)

: "The

dis

tric

t cou

rt d

id n

ot lo

se ju

risd

ictio

nof

the

part

ies

mer

ely

beca

use

an a

ppea

l was

pend

ing

from

the

dese

greg

atio

n or

der.

App

el-

lant

s ci

te n

o sc

hool

cas

e au

thor

ity to

sup

port

thei

r vi

ew th

at th

e di

stri

ct c

ourt

lack

s ju

risd

ic-

tion

to p

rom

ulga

te a

dditi

onal

ord

ers

to m

aint

ain

the

stat

us q

uo a

nd to

insu

re th

e en

forc

emen

t of

its p

revi

ous

orde

rs. G

ener

ally

, a d

istr

ict c

ourt

reta

ins

juri

sdic

tion

to e

nfor

ce it

s pr

ior

orde

rs,

and

this

is p

artic

ular

ly tr

ue w

ith r

espe

ct to

de-

segr

egat

ion

case

s. U

nite

d St

ates

v. S

wif

t & C

o.,

28G

-U

.S. 1

06i,

52 S

.Ct.

460,

76

L.E

d. 9

99 (

1932

);ljr

own

v. &

Said

of

Edu

catio

n, 3

49 U

.S. 2

94,

75S.

Ct.

753,

99

L.E

d. 1

083

(195

5) (

Bro

wn

II);

Gre

en v

. Sch

ool B

oard

of

New

Ken

t Cou

nty,

391

U.S

. 430

, 88

S.C

t. 16

89, 2

0 L

.Ed.

2d 7

16 (

1968

)."

Ele

vent

h A

men

dmen

t. T

he s

tate

off

icia

ls a

ndon

e of

the

Mar

ion

Cou

nty

defe

ndan

ts P

erry

Tow

nshi

p,co

nten

ded

that

the

Ele

vent

h A

men

dmen

t15

bars

pro

secu

tion

of a

n ac

-tio

n "i

n es

senc

e ag

ains

t the

Sta

te o

f In

dian

a"w

ithou

t3,

the

Stat

e s

cons

ent o

r w

aive

r of

con

sent

."I

1114

The

pri

or a

ppea

l was

dis

pase

d of

.by

an u

npub

lishe

d, o

rder

, whi

chun

der

our

Cir

cuit

Rul

e 28

"sh

all n

ot h

e ci

ted

as p

rece

dent

.,,.

exce

ptto

sup

port

a c

laim

of

..

. law

of

the

case

." T

hat i

s th

e re

ason

for

citi

ngit

here

."T

he E

leve

nth

Am

endm

ent t

o th

e C

onst

itutio

nof

the

Uni

ted

Stat

espr

ovid

es: "

The

judi

cial

pow

er o

f th

e U

nite

d St

ates

sha

llno

t be

con-

stru

ed to

ext

end

to a

ny s

uit i

n la

w o

r eq

uity

, com

rnen

ce4

or p

rose

cute

dag

ains

t one

of

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es b

y ci

tizen

s of

ano

ther

Sta

te,

or b

yci

tizen

s of

any

for

eign

Sta

te."

The

Ele

vent

h A

men

dmen

t app

lies

to s

uits

agai

nst a

sta

te b

y ci

tizen

s of

that

sta

te. F

itts

v. M

cGhe

e, 1

72 U

.S.

516

(189

9).

le T

he a

men

dmen

t bar

s su

its n

ot o

nly

agai

nst t

he s

tate

whe

n it

isna

med

a p

arty

but

whe

n it

is th

e pa

rty

in f

act.

Ede

lman

v. J

orda

n,.

..

.U

.S. .

..., 4

2 U

.S.L

.W. 4

419

(Mar

. 15,

197

4).

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22

plan

s of

des

egre

gatio

n. .

.."

484

F.2

d 21

5, 2

52, r

ever

sed

on o

ther

gro

unds

, Mill

iken

v.

Bra

dley

,U

.S(J

uly.

25,

197

4).

Thi

s is

pre

cise

ly w

hat t

he d

istr

ict c

ourt

(lid

inth

e In

-di

anap

olis

cas

e. W

e ho

ld th

at it

s ru

lings

in th

is r

egar

dw

ere

prop

er.

Thr

ee J

udge

Cou

rt.

The

sch

ool b

oard

s ou

tsid

e IP

Sco

nten

d th

at th

e di

stri

ct c

ourt

vio

late

.d I

ndia

na s

tatu

tes

by p

urpo

rtin

g to

ord

er th

e tr

ansf

er o

f sc

hool

child

ren

from

TPS

to o

utsi

de s

choo

l dis

tric

ts w

ithou

t see

king

to,

conv

ene

a th

ree-

judg

e co

urt u

nder

28 U

.S.C

. § 2

281.

The

dis

tric

t jud

ge f

ound

that

the

Indi

ana

stat

utes

alle

ged

to h

ave

been

vio

late

d ap

plie

d on

ly to

sch

ool c

or-

pora

tions

with

in M

ario

n C

ount

y, I

ndia

na, a

nd h

e th

ere-

fore

den

ied

the

mot

ion

for

a th

ree-

judg

e co

urt o

n th

egr

ound

that

the

stat

utes

wer

e no

t or

the

requ

isite

gen

-er

al, s

tate

-wid

e ap

plic

atio

n. G

riff

in. v

. Cou

nty

Scho

ol B

oard

,37

7 U

.S. 2

18, 2

27-2

8 (1

964)

.T

his

cour

t -de

nied

a`p

etiti

on b

y th

e sc

hool

boa

rds

for

a w

rit o

f m

anda

mus

or

proh

ibiti

on a

ndad

opte

d th

e di

s-tr

ict c

ourt

's m

emor

andu

m o

f di

spos

ition

of

the

thre

e-ju

dge

ques

tion

in M

etro

polit

an S

choo

l Dis

tric

t v. D

alin

, No.

73-

1..1

01(A

pr. 2

, 197

3), a

nd c

ertio

rari

was

den

ied

at 4

12U

.S. 9

53 (

1973

).In

the

Det

roit

scho

ol c

ase,

the

Sixt

h C

ircu

it de

nied

ap-

plic

atio

ns f

or w

rits

of

man

dam

us o

r pr

ohib

ition

aga

inst

the

dist

rict

judg

e fo

r "f

ailin

g to

con

vene

thre

e-ju

dge

cour

ts.

..

in s

pite

of

the

fact

that

..

.[c

erta

in s

choo

l]D

istr

icts

wer

e no

t par

ties

to th

e de

segr

egat

ion

proc

eedi

ngs

and

had

not b

een

foun

d to

hav

e co

mm

itted

any

act

of

de ju

re s

egre

gatio

n."

Bra

dley

v. M

illik

&n,

484

F.2

d 21

5,21

7-18

(6t

h C

ir. 1

973)

. The

Sup

rem

e C

ourt

den

ied

cert

i-or

ari i

n th

e D

etro

it m

anda

mus

and

pro

hibi

tion

case

s at

410

U.!

. 954

(19

73).

Exc

lusi

on o

f So

ciol

ogic

al E

vide

nce.

The

out

side

sch

ool

hoar

ds a

ppea

led

the

cour

t's e

xclu

sion

of

.the

test

imon

yof

two

expe

rt s

ocio

logi

cal w

itnes

ses.

Dr.

Dav

id J

. Arm

orw

ould

hav

e te

stif

ied

that

"m

anda

tory

bus

ing

prog

ram

sco

uld

resu

ltin

adve

rse

soci

olog

ical

and

psy

chol

ogic

alef

fect

s on

the

child

ren

invo

lved

.,

that

pre

judi

ce, r

acia

lid

entit

y, s

olid

arity

and

des

ire

for

sepa

ratis

m w

as u

sual

ly

2373

-196

8 th

roug

h 73

-198

4

enha

nced

rat

her

than

dim

inis

hed,

and

that

ove

r th

e sh

ort

run

busi

ng f

or p

urpo

ses

of in

tegr

atio

n di

d no

t lea

d to

sig

-in

fica

nt g

ainS

in s

tude

nt a

chie

vem

ent o

r in

terr

acia

l har

-m

ony.

" D

r. E

rnes

t van

den

Haa

g w

ould

hav

e te

stif

ied:

"(a)

Con

tact

bet

wee

n th

e ra

ces

does

not

red

uce

prej

udic

e;an

d (b

) In

tegr

atio

n (a

s di

stin

guis

hed

from

des

egre

gatio

n)m

ay h

eigh

ten

raci

al id

entit

y an

d re

duce

s th

e op

port

unity

for

actu

al c

onta

ct b

etw

een

the

ra.c

es.'1

8In

Bro

wn

1, B

row

n v.

Boa

rd o

f E

duca

tion,

347

U.S

. 483

(195

4), M

r. C

hief

Jus

tice

War

ren

buttr

esse

d hi

s co

nclu

sion

that

the

"sep

arat

e bu

t equ

al"

doct

rine

of

Ples

sy v

. Fer

gu-

son,

163

U.S

. 537

(18

96),

dep

rive

d m

inor

ity c

hild

ren

ofeq

ual e

duca

tiona

l opp

ortu

nitie

s, w

ith a

foo

tnot

e ci

ting

som

e so

ciol

ogic

al a

nd p

sych

olog

ical

aut

hori

ty to

that

ef-

fect

. 347

U.S

. at 4

94 n

. 11.

Thi

s re

lianc

e on

sup

port

ive

soci

olog

ical

mat

eria

l by

the

Supr

eme

Cou

rt h

as le

d to

anu

mbe

r of

abo

rtiv

e at

tem

pts

to o

verr

ule

Bro

wn

and

rein

-st

ate

Ples

sy th

roug

h re

lianc

e on

soc

iolo

gica

l and

psy

cho-

logi

cal m

ater

ial w

hich

pur

port

s to

sho

w th

at m

inor

itych

ildre

n th

rive

whe

n se

greg

ated

. Nee

dles

s to

say

, the

sat

tem

pts

have

all

faile

d.In

Map

p v.

Boa

rd o

f E

duca

tion,

the

dist

rict

cou

rtap

-pr

oved

and

impl

emen

ted

a pl

an o

f de

segr

egat

ion

for

the

Cha

ttano

oga,

Ten

ness

ee p

ublic

sch

ools

at 3

29 F

. Sup

p.13

74 (

E.D

. Ten

n. 1

971)

, and

341

F. S

upp.

193

(19

72).

The

maj

ority

opi

nion

of

a th

ree-

judg

e pa

nel r

eman

ded

the

case

to th

e di

stri

ct c

ourt

for

fur

ther

con

side

ratio

n,pa

rtic

ular

ly o

f re

cent

soc

iolo

gica

l fin

ding

s, in

eva

luat

ing

the

impa

ct o

f in

duce

d bu

sing

upo

n ed

ucat

iona

l ach

ieve

-m

ent a

nd r

ace

rela

tions

.C

ause

No.

71-

2006

(6t

h C

ir.,

Oct

. 11,

197

2). J

udge

Edw

ards

dis

sent

ed o

n th

e ba

sis

that

any

ree

valu

atio

n of

the

soci

olog

ical

und

erpi

nnin

gs o

fB

row

n w

as im

prop

er a

nd m

isle

adin

g, a

nd th

at c

ount

er-

evid

ence

was

ava

ilabl

e in

any

eve

nt.1

9 D

escr

ibin

g th

em

ajor

ity's

ref

eren

ce to

Arm

or's

art

icle

as

"com

plet

ely

irre

leva

nt to

our

lega

l pro

blem

s,"

he a

ppen

ded

to h

is d

is-

sent

ano

ther

art

icle

cri

ticiz

ing

it. O

n D

ecem

ber

14, 1

972,

17Se

eal

so A

rmor

, "T

he E

vide

nce

on B

usin

g,"

Pun.

INT

ER

ES

T91

(Sum

mer

197

2).

18 S

ee a

lso

van

den

Haa

g, "

Soci

al S

cien

ce T

estim

ony

in th

e D

eseg

rega

-tio

n C

ases

," 6

Vat

. L.

RE

V.

69 (

1960

); v

an d

en H

aag,

"T

he T

ortu

red

Sear

ch f

or th

e C

ause

of

Ineq

ualit

y,"

NA

T.

RE

v., F

eb. 1

6, 1

973,

at 2

00.

19 N

ote,

"B

usin

g as

a J

udic

ial R

emed

y: A

Soc

lo -

Leg

al R

eapp

rais

al,"

6 IN

D. L

. Rev

. 710

, 736

-38

(197

3).

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968

thro

ugh

73-1

984

24

the

pane

l opi

nion

was

with

draw

n an

d th

eca

se h

eard

en b

ane.

On

Apr

il 30

, 197

3, th

e Si

xth

Cir

cuit

deci

ded

eigh

t-to

-tw

o to

aff

irm

the

dist

rict

cou

rt in

Map

pv.

Boa

rdof

Edu

catio

n, 4

77 F

.2d

851

(6th

Cir

.), c

ert.

deni

ed, 4

14U

.S. 1

022

(197

3).

In N

orth

cros

s v.

Boa

rd o

f E

duca

tion,

466

F.2

d 89

0, 8

94(6

th C

ir. 1

972)

, the

cou

rt s

aid:

..

.In

sho

rt, t

he S

choo

l Boa

rd a

rgue

s, b

usin

g fo

r th

epu

rpos

es o

f de

segr

egat

ion

"is

wro

ng."

The

Sup

rem

e C

ourt

has

, of

cour

se,

com

e to

the

oppo

site

con

clus

ion

in a

rec

ent u

nani

mou

s de

cisi

on,

hold

ing

that

"bu

s tr

ansp

orta

tion"

is o

ne "

tool

of

dese

greg

atio

n" w

hich

sch

ool a

utho

ritie

sm

ay b

e re

-qu

ired

to u

se. S

wai

m, s

upra

, 402

U.S

. 1, 3

0, 9

1 S.

Ct.

1267

. Rec

ogni

zing

this

to b

e th

e ho

ldin

g of

Sw

ann,

Def

enda

nts

neve

rthe

less

sug

gest

that

we

com

e to

aco

ntra

ry c

oncl

usio

n on

the

basi

s of

a s

ingl

e pi

ece

ofm

uch

criti

cize

d so

ciol

ogic

al r

esea

rch,

the

conc

lusi

ons

of w

hich

are

, by

its o

wn

term

s, in

appl

icab

le to

the

Sout

hern

sch

ool p

atte

rn.

It w

ould

be

pres

umpt

uous

in th

e ex

trem

e fo

r us

to r

efus

e to

fol

low

a S

upre

me

Cou

rt d

ecis

ion

on th

e ba

sis

of s

uch

mea

ger

evid

ence

.Sw

ann

is c

ontr

ollin

g an

d re

quir

es u

s to

san

ctio

n th

eui

e of

bus

tran

spor

tatio

n as

a to

ol o

f de

segr

egat

ion

whe

n as

her

e, s

uch

busi

ng is

nec

essa

ry to

acc

ompl

ish

the

dism

antli

ng o

f th

e du

al s

yste

m a

nd it

s us

e do

esno

t pos

e in

tole

rabl

e pr

actic

al p

robl

ems.

The

"m

uch

criti

cize

d so

ciol

ogic

al r

esea

rch"

is A

rmor

'sar

ticle

cite

d su

pra

in f

ootn

ote

1720

and

cri

ticiz

ed in

Jud

geE

dwar

ds' d

isse

nt in

the

orig

inal

Map

p de

cisi

on."

20 "

It w

as a

gree

d am

ong

all p

artie

s an

d th

e co

urt b

elow

that

Dr.

Arm

or w

ould

hav

e te

stif

ied

at th

e tr

ial t

o th

e fa

cts

and

conc

lusi

ons

stat

ed in

suc

h ar

ticle

..

.."

Bri

ef f

or C

arm

el-C

lay

Scho

ols,

et a

l. in

the

pres

ent c

ase

at 4

2.21

Arm

or's

art

icle

is a

lso

criti

cize

d in

:E

dito

rial

, "D

ange

rous

Ort

ho-

doxy

," N

.Y. T

imes

, Jul

y 5,

1972

, at 3

8,co

ls. 1

-2; F

arbe

r, "

Law

yers

'G

roup

Fea

rs a

n O

verr

elia

nce

on E

duca

tiona

l Stu

dies

," N

.Y. T

imes

, Jun

e11

, 197

2,at

37,

col

s. 1

-5; H

odgs

on, "

Do

Scho

ols

Mak

e a

Dif

fere

nce,

"A

TL

AN

TIC

, Mar

. 197

3, a

t 40-

41; P

ettig

rew

, Use

em, N

orm

and,

& S

mith

,"B

usin

g: A

Rev

iew

of

'The

Evi

denc

e, "

Pua

. IN

TE

BE

sT, W

inte

r 19

73, a

t88

; Pet

tigre

w, U

seem

, Nor

man

d, &

Sm

ith, "

Pier

ced

Arm

or,"

IN

TE

GR

AT

ED

EM

IG.,

Nov

.-D

ec. 1

972,

at 3

; Rei

nhol

d, "

Stud

y C

ritic

al o

f B

usin

g Sc

ored

,"N

.Y. T

imes

, Jun

e 8,

197

2, a

t 40,

col

s. 1

-3; S

tric

kman

, "T

he T

roub

le w

ithA

rmor

," 6

UR

BA

N R

ay.,

Sept

.-O

ct. 1

972,

at 2

0.

2573

-196

8 th

roug

h 73

-198

4

In S

te 1

1 v.

Sav

anna

h-C

hath

am. .

Cou

nty

Boa

rd, o

f E

duca

-tio

n, 2

20 F

. Sup

p. 6

67, 6

73 (

S.D

. Ga.

196

3), t

he d

istr

ict

cour

t as

earl

y as

196

3 re

lied

upon

a g

reat

vol

ume

of s

ocio

-lo

gica

l and

psy

chol

ogic

al m

ater

ial,

incl

udin

g th

e te

stim

ony

of D

r. v

an d

en H

aag,

in r

efus

ing

to d

ism

antle

a du

alsc

hool

sys

tem

. The

Cou

rt o

f A

ppea

ls f

or th

e Fi

fth

Cir

-cu

it pr

ompt

ly e

nter

ed a

n in

junc

tion

requ

irin

g de

segr

ega-

tion

pend

ing

appe

al o

n th

e m

erits

at 3

18 F

.2d

425

(5th

Cir

. 196

3) a

nd r

ever

sed

the

dist

rict

cou

rt a

t 333

F.2

d 55

(5th

Cir

.), c

ert.

deni

ed, 3

79 U

.S. 9

33 (

1964

).If

this

sor

t of

soci

olog

ical

and

psy

chol

ogic

al m

ater

ial

wer

e fu

lly v

alid

and

if B

row

n I

vita

lly d

epen

ded

upon

it,

even

then

onl

y th

e Su

prem

e C

ourt

itse

lf c

ould

ove

rrul

eB

row

n.

But

, as

we

have

see

n, th

e va

lidity

of

the

mat

eria

l is

ingr

ave

doub

t and

Bro

wn

is n

ot d

epen

dent

upo

n it.

As

Judg

e So

belo

ff s

o ap

tly p

ut it

in B

runs

on v

. Boa

rd o

fT

rust

ees,

429

F.2

d 82

0, 8

24, 8

26 (

4th

Cir

. 197

0) (

Judg

eSo

belo

ff c

oncu

rrin

g an

d re

spon

ding

to a

dis

sent

whi

chre

lied

in p

art u

pon

the

soci

olog

ical

theo

ries

of

Dr.

Tho

mas

F. P

ettig

rew

) :

..

.T

here

hav

e al

way

s be

en th

ose

who

bel

ieve

d th

atse

greg

atio

n of

the

race

s in

the

scho

ols

was

sou

nded

ucat

iona

l pol

icy,

but

sin

ce B

row

n th

eir

reas

onin

gha

s no

t bee

n pe

rmitt

ed to

with

stan

d th

e co

nstit

utio

nal

com

man

d.*

Thi

s id

ea, t

hen,

is n

o m

ore

than

a r

esur

rect

ion

ofth

e ax

iom

of

blac

k in

feri

ority

as

just

ific

atio

n fo

rse

para

tion

of th

e ra

ces,

and

no

less

than

a r

etur

n to

the

spir

it of

Dre

d Sc

ott.

The

inve

ntor

s an

d pr

opo-

nent

s of

this

theo

ry g

ross

ly m

isap

preh

end

the

philo

-so

phic

al b

asis

for

des

egre

gatio

n.It

is n

ot f

ound

edup

on th

e co

ncep

t tha

t whi

te c

hild

ren

are

a pr

ecio

usre

sour

ce w

hich

sho

uld

be f

airl

y ap

port

ione

d.It

isno

t, as

Pet

tigre

w s

ugge

sts,

bec

ause

bla

ck c

hild

ren

will

be

impr

oved

by

asso

ciat

ion

with

thei

r be

tters

.C

erta

inly

it is

hop

ed th

at u

nder

inte

greg

atio

n m

em-

bers

of

each

rac

e w

ill b

enef

it fr

om u

nfet

tere

d co

ntac

tw

ith th

eir

peer

s. B

ut s

choo

l seg

rega

tion

is f

orbi

dden

sim

ply_

bec

ause

_its

per

petu

atio

n is

a li

ving

insu

lt to

_the

bla

ck c

hild

ren

an_d

_im

mea

sura

hly_

tain

ts:th

e ed

uce-

catio

nthe

irec

eige

. Thi

s is

the

prec

ise

less

on o

f

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. .73

-196

8 th

roug

h 73

-198

426

Bro

wn.

Wer

e a

cour

t to

adop

t the

Pet

tigre

w r

atio

nale

it w

ould

do

expl

icitl

y w

hat c

ompu

lsor

y se

greg

atio

nla

ws

did

impl

icitl

y.T

he d

istr

ict c

ourt

in I

ndia

napo

lis w

as a

ctin

g w

ell w

ithin

its d

iscr

etio

n in

exc

ludi

ng th

e te

stim

ony

of D

rs. A

rmor

and

van

den

Haa

g si

nce

neith

er th

e di

stri

ct c

ourt

nor

this

cou

rt c

an o

verr

ule

Bro

wn.

Atto

rney

s' F

ees.

The

dis

tric

t cou

rt's

dec

isio

n in

Ind

i-an

apol

is I

I in

clud

ed a

fin

ding

that

"at

torn

eys

for

inte

r-ve

ning

pla

intif

fs a

nd th

eir

clas

s.

.. a

reen

title

d to

rec

over

thei

r re

ason

able

atto

rney

s fe

es a

nd e

xpen

ses,

and

inte

r-ve

ning

pla

intif

fs a

re e

ntitl

ed to

rec

over

thei

r co

sts.

" 36

8F.

Sup

p. a

t 121

0.In

Nor

cros

s v.

Boa

rd o

f E

duca

tion,

412

U.S

. 427

, 428

(197

3), t

he S

upre

me

Cou

rt h

eld

that

und

er s

ectio

n 71

8 of

Titl

e V

II o

f th

e E

mer

genc

y Sc

hool

Aid

Act

, 20

U.S

.C.

§ 16

17, "

the

succ

essf

ul p

lain

tiff

[in

a sc

hool

des

egre

gatio

nca

se]

'sho

uld

ordi

nari

ly r

ecov

er a

n at

torn

ey's

fee

unl

ess

spec

ial c

ircu

mst

ance

s w

ould

ren

der

such

an

awar

d un

just

.' "

Sect

ion

718

did

not b

ecom

e ef

fect

ive

until

Jul

y 1,

197

2,w

here

as th

e in

terv

enin

g pl

aint

iffs

bec

ame

part

ies

to th

eca

se o

n Se

ptem

ber

14, 1

971.

How

ever

, in

Bra

dley

v. S

choo

lB

oard

,U

.S(4

2 U

.S.L

.W. 4

703,

471

1, M

ay 1

5,19

74),

the

Supr

eme

Cou

rt h

eld

that

"th

e D

istr

ict C

ourt

in it

s di

scre

tion

may

allo

w p

etiti

oner

s a

reas

onab

le a

ttor-

neys

' fee

for

ser

vice

s re

nder

ed"

prio

r to

Jul

y 1,

197

2.Se

ctio

n 71

8 pr

ovid

es in

par

t tha

t in

a sc

hool

des

egre

-ga

tion

case

"th

e co

urt,

in it

s di

scre

tion,

upo

n a

find

ing

that

the

proc

eedi

ngs

wer

e ne

cess

ary

to b

ring

abo

ut c

om-

plia

nce,

may

allo

w th

e pr

evai

ling

part

y, o

ther

than

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es, a

rea

sona

ble

atto

rney

's f

ee a

s pa

rt o

f th

eco

sts.

"It

is o

ur u

nder

stan

ding

fro

m th

e re

cord

that

the

dis-

tric

t cou

rt h

as n

ot a

war

ded

any

spec

ific

fee

s to

the

inte

r-ve

ning

pla

intif

fs' a

ttorn

eys;

the

cour

t has

the

disc

retio

nto

do

so if

the

atto

rney

s' s

ervi

ces

fall

with

in th

e lim

ita-

tions

set

for

th in

sec

tion

718.

Par

ticul

arly

, the

cou

rt w

illbe

req

uire

d to

det

erm

ine

whe

ther

the

inte

rven

ing

plai

ntif

fsar

e "t

he p

reva

iling

par

ty"

unde

r al

l the

cir

cum

stan

ces.

We

expr

ess

no o

pini

on o

n th

is is

sue

inas

muc

h as

the

solu

tion

invo

lves

the

intim

ate

know

ledg

e of

this

leng

thy

proc

eedi

ng

2773

-196

8 th

roug

h 73

-198

4

poss

esse

d on

ly b

y th

e di

stri

ct c

ourt

, who

se d

iscr

etio

n is

calle

d fo

r by

the

stat

ute.

-

In a

ccor

danc

e w

ith M

illik

en v

. Bra

dley

,U

.S(J

uly

25, 1

974)

, we

reve

rse

the

dist

rict

cou

rt's

fin

ding

s,co

nclu

sion

s, o

rder

s an

d ru

lings

inso

far

as th

ey p

erta

in to

a m

etro

polit

an r

emed

y be

yond

the

Uni

-Gov

bou

ndar

ies;

inso

far

as th

ey p

erta

in to

a r

emed

y w

ithin

the

boun

dari

esof

Uni

-Gov

, we

vaca

te th

ose

rulin

gs a

nd r

eman

d fo

r fu

-th

er p

roce

edin

gs c

onsi

sten

t with

that

dec

isio

n. T

he d

istr

ict

cour

t sho

uld

dete

rmin

e w

heth

er th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent o

f th

eU

ni-G

ov b

ound

arie

s w

ithou

t a li

ke r

eest

ablis

hmen

t of

IPS

boun

dari

es"

war

rant

s an

inte

r-di

stri

ct r

emed

y w

ithin

Uni

-G

ov in

acc

orda

nce

with

Mill

iken

."In

all

othe

r re

spec

ts, t

he f

indi

ngs,

con

clus

ions

, ord

ers

and

rulin

gs o

f th

e di

stri

ct c

ourt

are

aff

irm

ed a

nd th

e ca

seis

rem

ande

d fo

r a

prom

pt f

orm

ulat

ion

of a

dec

ree

dire

cted

to e

limin

atin

g th

e se

greg

atio

n fo

und

toex

ist

in I

PSsc

hool

s.

A. t

rue

Cop

y:

Tes

te :

RE

VE

RSE

D I

N P

AR

T, A

FFIR

ME

D I

N P

AR

T,

AN

D R

EM

AN

DE

D.

Cle

rk o

f th

e U

nite

d St

ates

Cou

rtf

App

eals

for

the

Seve

nth

Cir

cuit.

22 I

n M

illik

env.

Bra

dley

,.

..

.U

.S.

..

..

(Jul

y25

,19

74)

,"T

hebo

unda

ries

of

the

Det

roit

Scho

ol D

istr

ict,

..

.ar

e co

term

inou

s w

ithth

e bo

unda

ries

of

the

city

of

Det

roit,

..

.es

tabl

ishe

d ov

er a

cen

tury

ago

by n

eutr

al le

gisl

atio

n w

hen

the

city

was

inco

rpor

ated

..

.."

23 "

Spec

ific

ally

it m

ust b

e sh

own

that

rac

ially

dis

crim

inat

ory

acts

of

the

stat

e or

loca

l sch

ool d

istr

icts

, or

of a

sin

gle

scho

ol d

istr

ict h

ave

been

a s

ubst

antia

l cau

se o

f in

ter-

dist

rict

seg

rega

tion.

Thu

s an

inte

r-di

stri

ct r

emed

y m

ight

be

in o

rder

whe

re th

e ra

cial

ly d

iscr

imin

ator

yac

ts o

f on

e or

mor

e sc

hool

dis

tric

ts c

ause

d ra

cial

seg

rega

tion

in a

nad

jace

nt d

istr

ict,

or w

here

dis

tric

t lin

es h

ave

been

del

iber

atel

y dr

awn

on th

e ba

sis

of r

ace.

".

.U

.S. a

t.

.C

f. M

r. J

ustic

e St

ewar

t'sco

ncur

ring

opi

nion

: "W

ere

it to

be

show

n .

..

that

sta

te o

ffic

ials

had

cont

ribu

ted

to th

e se

para

tion

of th

e ra

ces

by d

raw

ing

or r

edra

win

gsc

hool

dis

tric

t lin

es.

..

;or

by

purp

osef

ul, r

acia

lly d

iscr

imin

ator

yus

e of

sta

te h

ousi

ng o

r zo

ning

law

s, th

en a

dec

ree

calli

ngfo

r tr

ansf

erof

pupi

lsac

ross

dist

rict

lines

or f

orre

stru

ctur

ing

ofdi

stri

ctlin

esm

ight

wel

l be

appr

opri

ate.

"

USC

A 4

061T

he S

chef

fer

Pres

s, I

nc.,

Chi

cago

, Illi

nois

-8-2

1-74

-225

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73-1

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thro

ugh

73-1

984

20

In S

cheu

er v

. Rho

des,

.U

.S..

,42

U.S

.L.W

. 454

3,45

45 (

Apr

. 17,

197

4), M

r. C

hief

Jus

tice

Bur

ger

said

for

a un

anim

ous

cour

t (M

r. J

ustic

e D

ougl

as to

ok n

o pa

rt)

:H

owev

er, s

ince

Ex

pate

You

ng, 2

09 U

.S. 1

23(1

907)

, it h

as b

een

settl

ed th

at th

e E

leve

nth

Am

end-

men

t pro

vide

s no

shi

eld

for

a st

ate

offi

cial

con

fron

ted

by a

cla

im th

at h

e ha

d ,d

epri

ved

anot

her

ofa

fede

ral

righ

t und

er th

e co

lor

of s

tate

law

. Ex

pa.r

te Y

oung

teac

hes

that

whe

n a

stat

e of

fice

r ac

ts u

nder

a st

ate

law

in a

man

ner

viol

ativ

e of

the

Fede

ral

Con

stitu

tion,

he"c

omes

into

con

flic

t with

the

supe

rior

auth

ority

of th

at C

onst

itutio

n an

d lie

is in

that

case

str

ippe

dof

his

off

icia

l or

repr

esen

tativ

e ch

arac

ter

and

issu

bjec

ted

in h

is p

erso

n to

the

cons

eque

nces

of

his

indi

vidu

al c

ondu

ct. T

he S

tate

has

no p

ower

toim

part

to h

im a

ny im

mun

ity f

rom

resp

onsi

bilit

yto

the

supr

eme

auth

ority

of

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es.

209

U.S

., at

159

-160

. (E

mph

asis

supp

lied.

)"In

Coo

per

v. A

aron

, 358

U.S

. 1, 4

, 19-

20 (

1958

), th

eSu

prem

e C

ourt

sai

d:A

s th

is c

ase

reac

hes

us it

rai

ses

ques

tions

of

the

high

est i

mpo

rtan

ce to

the

mai

nten

ance

of

our

fede

ral

syst

em o

f go

vern

men

t. It

nec

essa

rily

invo

lves

a c

laim

by th

e G

over

nor

and

Leg

isla

ture

of a

Sta

te th

at th

ere

is n

o du

tyon

sta

te o

ffic

ials

to o

bey

fede

ral c

ourt

or-

ders

res

ting

on th

is C

ourt

'sco

nsid

ered

inte

rpre

ta-

tion

of th

e U

nite

d St

ates

Con

sti,

-itio

n. S

peci

fica

llyit

invo

lves

act

ions

by

the

Gov

ern

c an

d L

egis

latu

reof

Ark

ansa

sup

on th

e pr

emis

e th

at th

eyar

e no

tbo

und

by o

ur h

oldi

ng in

Bro

wn

v. B

oard

of

Edu

catio

n,34

7 U

.S. 4

83.

The

pri

ncip

les

anno

unce

d in

that

dec

isio

n an

d th

eob

edie

nce

of th

e St

ates

to th

em, a

ccor

ding

toth

eco

mm

and

of th

e C

onst

itutio

n,ar

e in

disp

ensa

ble

for

the

prot

ectio

n of

the

free

dom

guar

ante

ed b

y ou

r fu

n-da

men

tal c

hart

er f

or a

ll of

us. O

ur c

onst

itutio

nal i

deal

of e

qual

just

ice

unde

r la

wis

thus

mad

ea

livin

g tr

uth.

The

Ele

vent

h A

men

dmen

tdo

es n

ot p

reve

nten

forc

e-m

ent o

f th

e Fo

urte

enth

Am

endm

ent,

whi

ch c

omm

ands

that

2173

-196

8 th

roug

h 73

-198

4

no s

tate

sha

ll "d

eny

to a

ny p

erso

n w

ithin

its

juri

sdic

tion

the

equa

l pro

tect

ion

of th

e la

ws.

"R

es d

'udi

cata

.Se

vera

l of

the

scho

ol b

oard

s ou

tsid

eof

IPS

terr

itory

con

tend

that

they

wer

e de

priv

ed o

f du

epr

oces

s of

law

by

the

dist

rict

cou

rt's

dec

isio

n to

mak

ea

port

ion

of it

s pr

ior

hold

ing.

in I

ndia

napo

lis I

res

judi

cata

,al

thou

gh th

ese

othe

r sc

hool

boa

rds

had

not b

ecom

e pa

rtie

sto

the

litig

atio

n un

til a

fter

Ind

iana

polis

I h

ad b

een

de-

cide

d.

On

June

11,

197

3, th

e co

urt r

uled

that

its

prev

ious

judg

men

t "to

the

effe

ct th

at th

e Sc

hool

City

of

Indi

a-na

polis

mai

ntai

ns a

sch

ool s

yste

m w

hich

isse

greg

ated

by o

pera

tion

of la

w is

res

juds

cata

..

.."

In

Indi

anap

olis

II th

e ju

dge

.rei

tera

ted

wha

t par

t of

rnkl

iain

arpo

tisI

heco

nsid

ered

bin

ding

on

the

part

ies.

He

said

that

the

issu

e"t

hat I

PS w

as u

nlaw

fully

seg

rega

ting

the

publ

ic s

choo

lsw

ithin

its

boun

dari

es"

was

res

indi

ca:a

. Thi

s is

sue

had

been

vig

orou

sly

foug

ht b

y IP

S in

the

dist

rict

cou

rt a

ndha

d be

en a

ffir

med

by

this

cou

rt a

fter

equa

lly s

piri

ted

.op

posi

tion

by I

PS h

ere.

Uni

ted

Stat

esv.

Boa

rd o

f Sc

hool

Com

mis

sion

ers,

332

F. S

upp.

655

(S.

D. I

nd.

1971

), a

ff'd

,47

4 F.

2d 8

1 (7

th C

ir.)

, cer

t. de

nied

, 413

U.S

. 920

(19

73).

In I

ndia

napo

lis I

I, th

e di

stri

ctco

urt d

id "

not c

onsi

der

its c

oncl

usio

ns in

[re

gard

tom

etro

polit

an d

eseg

rega

tion]

as r

es ju

dica

ta."

368

F. S

upp.

at 1

195.

The

out

side

sch

ool b

oard

s m

ade

no a

ttem

pt to

atta

ckth

e is

sue

of d

e ju

re s

egre

gatio

nw

ithin

IPS

. In

fact

mos

tof

them

, as

wel

l as

the

stat

eof

fici

als,

hav

e ar

gued

in th

is.

appe

al th

at I

PS s

houl

d be

dese

greg

ated

with

in it

sow

nbo

unda

ries

.

In B

radl

ey v

. Mill

iken

, 338

F. S

upp.

582

, 594

(E

.D. M

ich.

1971

), th

e di

stri

ct c

ourt

fou

nda

de y

ure

segr

egat

ed p

ublic

scho

ol s

yste

m in

ope

ratio

n in

the

City

of

Det

roit.

The

Cou

rt o

f A

ppea

ls f

or th

e Si

xth

Cir

cuit,

aft

er n

otin

gth

at th

e 53

sch

ool d

istr

icts

outs

ide

of D

etro

it w

hich

the

dist

rict

cou

rt in

clud

ed in

the

dese

greg

atio

n ar

ea s

houl

dbe

mad

e pa

rtie

s an

d be

giv

enan

opp

ortu

nity

to b

e he

ard,

adde

d th

at "

the

Dis

tric

t Cou

rtw

ill n

ot b

e re

quir

ed to

re-

ceiv

e an

y ad

ditio

nal e

vide

nce

as to

the

mat

ters

con

tain

edin

its

Rul

ing

..

. rep

orte

d at

338

F. S

upp.

582

, or

its F

ind-

ings

of

Fact

and

Con

clus

ions

of L

aw o

n th

e 'D

etro

it-on

ly

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1968

thro

ugh

73-1

984

16

The

Sup

rem

e C

ourt

fur

ther

con

clud

ed th

at, e

ven

ifst

ate

agen

cies

par

ticip

ated

inth

e m

aint

enar

ce o

f th

eD

etro

it sy

stem

, as

the

low

er c

ourt

s ha

d he

ld, i

t did

not

follo

w th

at a

n in

terd

istr

ict r

emed

y w

ould

be

cons

titu-

tiona

lly ju

stif

ied

or r

equi

red.

In th

e pr

esen

t cas

e, b

ased

upo

n th

e di

stri

ct c

ourt

'sco

mpr

ehen

sive

and

det

aile

dre

cita

lof

the

hist

ory

ofIn

dian

a la

w a

nd p

roce

dure

per

tain

ing

to I

ndia

na s

choo

ls,

appe

arin

g in

332

F. S

upp.

at 6

58-7

7 an

d in

368

F. S

tipp.

at 1

199-

1205

, we

conc

lude

, as

the

dist

rict

cou

rt d

id, t

hat

/le s

tate

off

icia

ls h

ave,

by

vari

ous

acts

and

om

issi

ons,

prom

oted

seg

rega

tion

and

inhi

bite

d de

segr

egat

ion

with

inIP

S, s

o th

at th

e st

ate,

as

the

agen

cy u

ltim

atel

y ch

arge

dun

der

Indi

ana

Yaw

with

the

oper

atio

nof

the

publ

icsc

hool

s, h

as a

n af

firm

ativ

e du

ty to

ass

ist t

he I

PS B

oard

in d

eseg

rega

ting

IPS

with

in it

s bo

unda

ries

(se

e Pa

rt\

IV h

ereo

f).

\/O

nth

e ot

her

hand

, the

dis

tric

t cou

rt's

fin

ding

s, r

ulin

gs,

orde

rs a

nd d

iscu

ssio

n re

latin

g to

a m

etro

polit

an r

emed

ybe

yond

the

Uni

-Gov

bou

ndar

ies

are

reve

rsed

. Tho

se r

e-la

ting

to a

met

ropo

litan

rem

edy

with

in U

ni-G

ov a

reva

cate

d an

d re

man

ded

(see

last

sec

tion

of th

is o

pini

on).

IVD

ISM

AN

TL

ING

TIT

E D

UA

L S

YST

EM

WIT

ITT

NT

HE

IN

DIA

NA

POL

IS P

UB

LIC

SC

HO

OL

SSo

-cal

led

"whi

te f

light

" is

not

an

acce

ptab

le r

easo

n fo

rfa

iling

to d

ism

antle

a d

ual s

choo

l. sy

stem

. "[]

t can

not

..

.be

acc

epte

d as

a r

easo

n fo

r ac

hiev

ing

anyt

hing

less

than

com

plet

e up

root

ing

ofth

e du

alsc

hbol

syst

em."

Uni

ted

Stat

es v

. Sco

tland

Nec

k C

ity B

oard

of

Edu

catio

n,40

7 U

.S. 4

84, 4

91 (

1970

). S

ee a

lso

Mon

roe

v. B

oard

of

Com

mis

sion

ers,

391

U.S

. 450

, 459

(19

68).

Whe

re s

yste

m-w

ide

dual

ism

has

bee

n fo

und,

as

here

,".

..

[the

]Sc

hool

Boa

rd h

as th

e af

firm

ativ

e du

ty to

dese

greg

ate

the

entir

e sy

stem

'roo

t and

bra

nch,

'" a

nd "

the

Dis

tric

t Cou

rt m

nst

..

.de

cree

all-

ont d

eseg

rega

tion

..

.."

Key

es v

. Sch

ool D

istr

ict N

o. 1

, 413

U.S

. 189

, 213

,21

4 (1

973)

.W

e m

ust g

uard

aga

inst

per

mitt

ing

the

"whi

tefl

ight

" co

nsid

erat

ions

und

uly

to d

elay

com

plet

e de

segr

ega-

I

1773

-196

8 th

roug

h 73

-198

4

tion

with

in I

PS n

ow th

at M

illik

en v

. Bra

dley

has

dis

pose

dof

the

met

ropo

litan

rem

edy.

Subs

eque

nt to

oral

arg

umen

t in

thes

e ap

peal

s, th

ere

cord

has

bee

n su

pple

men

ted

to in

clud

e an

ord

er e

nter

edby

the

dist

rict

cou

rt o

n Ju

ly 3

,1.

974,

whe

reby

IPS

has

been

dir

ecte

d to

con

tinue

for

the

1974

-75

scho

ol y

ear

the

inte

rim

pla

n in

eff

ect f

or th

e 19

73-7

4 sc

hool

yea

r, e

xcep

tth

at f

eede

r as

sign

men

ts to

Tho

mas

Car

r H

owe

Hig

hSc

hool

are

to b

e ar

rang

ed "

to in

sure

that

the

fres

hman

clas

s at

suc

h sc

hool

for

the

com

ing

scho

ol y

ear

will

incl

ude

a m

inor

ity r

ace

enro

llmen

t of

not l

ess

than

15%

."O

bvio

. .':y

man

y st

eps

have

bee

n. ta

ken

to d

ism

antle

the

IPS

dual

sch

ool s

yste

m w

ithin

. its

bou

ndar

ies,

but

mor

e st

eps

mus

t be

take

n. T

he S

upre

me

Cou

rt's

man

date

to u

s to

dev

elop

a p

lan

of d

eseg

rega

tion

that

"pr

omis

esre

alis

tical

ly to

wor

k no

w"

(Gre

en v

. Cou

nty

Scho

ol B

oard

,39

1 U

.S. a

t 439

), r

equi

res

us to

rem

and

the

case

"fo

rfu

rthe

r pr

ocee

ding

s co

nsis

tent

with

[M

illik

en v

. Bra

dley

]le

adin

g to

pro

mpt

for

mul

atio

n of

a d

ecre

e di

rect

ed to

elim

inat

ing

the

segr

egat

ion

foun

d to

exi

st"

with

in I

PS.

V

MIS

CE

LL

AN

EO

US

ISSU

ES

ON

APP

EA

LR

ecus

a.tio

nof

Dis

tric

tJu

dge.

The

stat

eof

fici

als

(Gov

erno

r, A

ttorn

ey G

ener

al, S

tate

Sup

erin

tend

ent o

rPu

blic

Ins

truc

tion

and

Stat

e B

oard

of

Edu

catio

n) m

oved

tore

cuse

_ th

e di

stri

ct ju

dge

by f

iling

an

affi

davi

tof

alle

ged

pers

onal

bia

s or

pre

judi

ce u

nder

28

-U.S

.C. §

144

.T

he a

ffid

avit

stat

ed th

at o

n D

ecem

ber

27, 1

.972

the

judg

esu

bmitt

ed to

an

inte

rvie

w w

hich

was

pub

lishe

d in

six

wee

kly

new

spap

ers

and

whi

ch a

llege

dly

evin

ced

an a

tti-

tude

of

prej

udgm

ent o

n th

e lia

bilit

y of

the

stat

e of

fici

als.

The

por

tion

of th

e in

terv

iew

to w

hich

the

stat

e of

fici

als

obje

cted

rea

d as

fol

low

s:T

he ju

dge

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968

thro

ugh

73-1

984

12

Face

d w

ill a

tota

lly u

nacc

epta

ble

plan

a f

ew d

ays

befo

re th

e be

ginn

ing

of th

e 19

73-7

4 sc

hool

term

, the

cour

t tur

ned

to tw

o in

depe

nden

t com

mis

sion

ers

to p

er-

form

a h

ercu

lean

task

with

in a

min

iscu

le p

erio

d of

tim

e.T

he c

ourt

sai

d "i

n so

rrow

and

with

reg

ret"

that

"ne

ver,

sinc

e th

is th

ing

star

ted

on th

e co

mpl

aint

of

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es in

196

8.

.ha

s an

y [I

PS]

Boa

rd.

.. g

one

very

far

to d

o an

ythi

ng, r

eally

, unl

ess

they

wer

e pu

shed

and

orde

red"

and

then

"w

hen

they

are

ord

ered

, the

y us

ually

... c

ome

up w

ith a

n al

tern

ativ

e id

ea th

at d

oesn

't go

qui

teas

far

as

the

orde

r, o

r yo

u w

ant a

-st

ay o

r so

met

hing

- -an

ythi

ng to

put

it o

ff."

In a

ppoi

ntin

g th

e tw

o co

mm

issi

oner

s to

for

mul

ate

apl

an, t

he d

istr

ict c

ourt

fol

low

ed th

e pr

oced

ure

appr

oved

in S

wan

n v.

Cha

rlot

te-M

eckl

enbu

rg B

oard

of

Edu

catio

n,su

pra

at 1

6, 2

5:In

def

ault

by th

e sc

hool

aut

hori

ties

of th

eir

oblig

a-tio

n to

pro

ffer

acc

epta

ble

rem

edie

s, a

dis

tric

t cou

rtha

s br

oad

pow

er to

fas

hion

a r

emed

y th

at w

ill a

ssur

ea

unita

ry s

choo

l sys

tem

.a

a

It w

as b

ecau

se o

f th

is to

tal f

ailu

re o

f th

e sc

hool

boar

d th

at th

e D

istr

ict C

ourt

was

obl

iged

to tu

rnto

oth

er q

ualif

ied

sour

ces,

and

Dr.

Fin

ger

[a c

ourt

-ap

poin

ted

expe

rt]

was

des

igna

ted

to a

ssis

t the

Dis

-tr

ict C

ourt

to d

o w

hat t

he b

oard

sho

uld

have

don

e.T

he c

omm

issi

on a

dher

ed to

the

dist

rict

cou

rt's

gui

de-

lines

as

appr

oved

in S

wan

n. b

y al

teri

ng a

ttend

ance

zone

s,by

con

tiguo

us a

nd n

on-c

ontig

uous

pai

ring

and

clu

ster

ing,

by "

unge

rrym

ande

ring

" an

d by

cre

atin

g la

rger

"ne

ighb

or-

hood

sch

ools

." T

he c

omm

issi

on p

rese

nted

its

reco

mm

ende

dpl

an, e

ntitl

ed "

The

Que

st f

or H

uman

Dig

nity

" w

ithin

ten

days

of

its a

ppoi

ntm

ent.

Thi

s co

uld

not h

ave

been

acco

mpl

ishe

d w

ithou

t the

tem

pora

ryus

eof

. the

IPS

plan

ning

sta

ff. I

f in

fac

t the

com

mis

sion

mad

eus

e of

plan

ning

sta

ff m

ater

ial,

it ob

viou

sly

mad

e m

uch

mor

eef

fect

ive

use

of th

at m

ater

ial t

han

IPS

had

done

.W

e co

nclu

de th

at th

e di

stri

ct c

ourt

act

ed p

rope

rly

inre

ject

ing

the

IPS

plan

, in

hold

ing

the

IPS

boar

din

1373

-196

8 th

roug

h 73

-198

4

defa

ult,

in a

ppoi

ntin

g th

e co

mm

issi

on a

nd in

tem

pora

rily

assi

gnin

g th

e pl

anni

ng s

taff

of

IPS

to th

e co

mm

issi

on."

Fina

lly, i

n re

gard

to th

e IP

S bo

ard'

s at

tack

s on

&e"

---

dist

rict

cou

rt's

ord

ers,

we

hold

that

the

cour

t did

not

abus

e its

dis

cret

ion

in o

rder

ing

IPS

to s

eek

avai

labl

efe

dera

l fun

ds to

exp

edite

des

egre

gatio

n. T

his

met

hof

impl

emen

tatio

n of

a d

ecre

e in

tend

ed to

elim

ina

adu

al s

choo

l sys

tem

has

bee

n ap

prov

ed b

y se

vera

l co

i rts

.U

nite

d St

ates

v. T

exas

, 342

F. S

upp.

24,

29

(E.D

. Tex

.19

71),

aff

'd, 4

66 F

.2d

518

(5th

Cir

. 197

2); W

hitte

nber

yv.

Gre

envi

lle C

ount

y Sc

hool

Dis

t., 2

98 F

. Sup

p. 7

84, 7

90(D

.S.

C.

1.96

9)(t

hree

-jud

gepa

nel)

.In

Plaq

uent

hies

Pari

sh S

choo

l Boa

rd v

. Uni

ted

Stat

es, 4

15 F

.2d

817,

833

(5th

Cir

. 1.9

69),

the

cour

t of

appe

als

foun

d a

"bro

adly

wri

tten"

ord

er r

equi

ring

app

licat

ion

for

fede

ral a

id u

n-ju

stif

ied,

but

add

ed:

Thi

s di

rect

ion

is w

ithou

t pre

judi

ce to

the

righ

tof

the

dist

rict

cou

rt in

the

futu

re in

a s

peci

fic

situ

a-tio

n as

to s

peci

fic

fund

s to

req

uire

that

app

licat

ion

be m

ade

whe

n it

is s

how

n th

at th

e bo

ard

has

faile

dto

app

ly f

or s

uch

fund

s as

par

t of

a pl

an o

r sc

hem

eto

impe

de th

e en

d of

the

dual

sys

tem

of

scho

ols,

or to

dis

crim

inat

e ag

ains

t Neg

ro c

hild

ren.

In th

e la

st a

naly

sis,

we

mus

t loo

k to

Sw

ann,

whe

reth

e Su

prem

e C

ourt

sai

d (4

02 U

.S. a

t 28)

:.

The

rem

edy

for

such

[de

:lur

e]se

greg

atio

n m

aybe

adm

inis

trat

ivel

y aw

kwar

d, in

conv

enie

nt, a

nd e

ven

biza

rre

in s

ome

situ

atio

ns a

nd m

ay im

pose

bur

dens

on s

ome;

but

all a

wkw

ardn

ess

and

inco

nven

ienc

eca

nnot

be

avoi

ded

in. t

he in

teri

m p

erio

d w

hen

rem

e-di

al a

djus

tinen

ts a

re b

eing

mad

e to

elim

inat

e th

edu

al s

choo

l sys

tem

s.W

e be

lieve

that

in th

is e

ase

the

dist

rict

cou

rt. p

rope

rly

requ

este

d th

e de

fend

ants

to s

eek

fede

ral f

unds

.

" Se

e B

radl

ey v

. Mill

iken

, 484

F.2

d 21

5, 2

52 (

6th

Cir

.), v

acat

ed o

not

her

grou

nds,

...

U.S

....

,(J

uly

25, 1

974)

: "[T

]he

defe

ndan

ts a

ndsc

hool

dis

tric

ts in

volv

ed w

ill c

ontin

ue to

sup

ply

adm

inis

trat

ive

and

staf

f as

sist

ance

to th

e [c

ourt

-app

oint

ed]

pane

l upo

n its

req

uest

."