IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS - Justice
No. 00-12649 HH
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________
CATHERINE ANN MILLER, et al.,
Plaintiffs-Appellants
and
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-IntervenorAppellant
v.
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF GADSDEN, ALABAMA, et al.,
Defendants-Appellees ___________________
ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA ___________________
BRIEF FOR THE UNITED STATES AS APPELLANT ___________________
ANITA S. HODGKISS Deputy Assistant Attorney General
DENNIS J. DIMSEY LISA J. STARK
Attorneys Department of Justice P.O. Box 66078 Washington, D.C. 20035-6078 (202) 514-4491
Miller and United States v. Board of Educ. of Gadsden 00-12649 HH
CERTIFICATE OF INTERESTED PERSONS AND CORPORATE DISClOSURE STATEMENT
The undersigned counsel of record certifies that the following listed persons or entities have an interest in the outcome of this appeal:
Honorable William M. Acker, United States District Judge, Northern District of Alabama The Board of Education of Gadsden, Alabama, Defendants The Class of all African-American children eligible to attend
public schools in Gadsden, Alabama Dennis J. Dimsey, Counsel for Plaintiff-Appellant, the United
States Lisa Evans, Counsel for Plaintiff-Intervenor, the United States Jeremiah Glassman, Counsel for Plaintiff-Intervenor, the United
States Fred Gray, Counsel for Plaintiffs Catherine Ann Miller, et al. R. Kent Henslee, Counsel for Defendant Board of Education of
Gadsden, Alabama Anita S. Hodgkiss, Counsel for Plaintiff-Appellant, the United
States Elaine R. Jones, Counsel for Plaintiffs Catherine Ann Miller, et
al. Anita Kelly, Counsel for the State of Georgia
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Christie Knowles, Counsel for Defendants Board of Education of Gadsden, Alabama
Michael Maurer, Counsel for Plaintiff-Intervenor, the United States
Catherine Ann Miller, Plaintiff NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Counsel for
Plaintiffs Catherine Ann Miller, et al. Dennis Parker, Counsel for Plaintiffs Catherine Ann Miller, et
al. Lisa J. Stark, Counsel for Plaintiff-Appellant, the United States Ralph Kenneth Strawn Jr., Counsel for Defendants, Board of
Education of Gadsden, Alabama Dr. Fred Taylor, Superintendent Gadsden City School District Michael R. White, Counsel for State of Georgia
_________________________ DENNIS J. DIMSEY Attorney
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STATEMENT REGARDING ORAL ARGUMENT The United States believes that oral argument will be of assistance to the Court in this case.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE STATEMENT OF INTERESTED PERSONS AND CORPORATE
DISCLOSURE STATEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C1 STATEMENT OF ORAL ARGUMENT STATEMENT OF SUBJECT MATTER AND APPELLATE
JURISDICTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 STATEMENT OF THE ISSUES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 STATEMENT OF THE CASE: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
A. Procedural History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 B. Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 C. The District Court's Decision . . . . . . . . 15 SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 ARGUMENT: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 I. THE DISTRICT COURT FAILED TO APPLY THE CORRECT LEGAL STANDARD WHEN IT CONCLUDED THAT THE GADSDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS UNITARY AND NO LONGER IN NEED OF COURT SUPERVISION . . . . 21 II. THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED IN DECLARING THE GADSDEN SCHOOL SYSTEM UNITARY WHEN THE EVIDENCE ESTABLISHES THAT DEFENDANTS HAVE NEITHER COMPLIED IN GOOD FAITH WITH THE TERMS OR GOALS OF THE 1995 CONSENT DECREE NOR ELIMINATED THE VESTIGES OF PAST DISCRIMINATION TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE . . . . . 25 A. School Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
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