Ralph Stell et al., Plaintiffs-appellants,united States of America, Plaintiff-intervenor-appellee, v. the Board of Public Education for the City of Savannah and the County of Chatham et al., Defendants-appellees,darnell Brawner et al., Defendants-intervenors-appellees, 446 F.2d 904 (5th Cir. 1971)

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US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit - 446 F.2d 904 (5th Cir. 1971) August 23, 1971
Rehearing Denied August 31, 1971

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia at Savannah; Alexander A. Lawrence, Judge.

Bobby L. Hill, E. H. Gadsden, Savannah, Ga., Norman J. Chachkin, Jack Greenberg, New York City, Martin Buckley, Educational Section, Civil Rights Division, U. S. Dept. of Justice, David Norman, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Brian K. Landsberg, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Malcolm Maclean, Connerat, Dunn, Hunter, Houlihan, Maclean & Exley, P. C., Savannah, Ga., Arnold C. Young, Charles A. Edwards, Savannah, Ga., for Board of Public Education et al.

Owen Page, Savannah, Ga., for Brawner et al.

Before THORNBERRY, MORGAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


BY THE COURT:

It is ordered that appellants' motion for summary reversal of the District Court's order of June 30, 1971, is granted in part and the judgment of the District Court as it pertains to elementary schools is vacated and the cause is remanded with direction that the District Court require the School Board forthwith1  to constitute and implement a student assignment plan for elementary schools which complies with the principles established in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenberg Board of Education, 402 U.S. 1, 91 S. Ct. 1267, 28 L. Ed. 2d 554 (1971), insofar as they relate to the issues presented in this case.

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 611, 618. Also, the District Court shall require the School Board to announce and implement the provisions for desegregation of faculty and staff as set out in Singleton v. Jackson Municipal Separate School District, 5 Cir., 1970, 419 F.2d 1211.

Vacated and remanded with direction.

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Alexander v. Holmes County Bd. of Educ., 396 U.S. 19, 90 S. Ct. 29, 24 L. Ed. 2d 19 (1969)

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