Little Rock School Dist. v. North Little Rock School Dist., 96-3333

• Decision Date: 23 May 1997
• Docket Number: No. 96-3333,96-3333
• Citation: 109 F.3d 514
• Parties: 116 Ed. Law Rep. 897 LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT; Appellant, Lorene Joshua; Intervenor Plaintiffs, Servicemaster Management Services; Intervenor, Anne Mitchell; Bob Moore, Pat Gee; Pat Rayburn; Mary J. Gage; North Little Rock Classroom Teachers Association; Pulaski Association of Classroom Teachers; Little Rock Classroom Teachers Association; Alexa Armstrong; Karlos Armstrong; Ed Bullington; Khayyam Davis; Janice Dent; John Harrison; Alvin Hudson; Tatia Hudson; Milton Jackson; Leslie Joshua; Stacy Joshua; Wayne Joshua; Katherine Knight; Sara Matthews; Becky McKinney; Derrick Miles; Janice Miles; John M. Miles; NAACP; Joyce Person; Brian Taylor; Hilton Taylor; Parsha Taylor; Robert Willingham; Tonya Willingham; Intervenor Plaintiffs, v. NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT; Leon Barnes; Sheryl Dunn; Mac Faulkner; Richard A. Giddings; Marianne Gosser; Don Hindman; Shirley Lowery; Bob Lyon; George A. McCrary; Bob Moore; Steve Morley; Buddy Raines; David Sain; Bob Stender; Dale Ward; John Ward; Judy Wear; Grainger Williams; Defendants, Pulaski County Special School District; Appellee, State of Arkansas; Defendants, Office of Desegregation Monitor; Claimant. Horace A. WALKER; P.A. Hollingsworth; Kenneth G. Torrence; Phillip E. Kaplan; Janet Pulliam; John Bilheimer; Dale Charles; Robert L. Brown, Sr.; Gwen Hevey Jackson; Diane Davis; Raymond Frazier; Plaintiffs, v. PULASKI COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION; O.G. Jacovelli, individually and as President of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District; Patricia Gee, individually and in her official capacity as a member of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District, a public body; Dr. George Cannon, individually and in his official capacity as a member of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District, a public body; John Moore, individually and in his official capacity as a member of the Board of Education of the Little Rock School District, a public body; Dorsey Jackson, individually and in his
• Court: U.S. Court of Appeals — Eighth Circuit

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109 F.3d 514

116 Ed. Law Rep. 897

LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT; Appellant,

Lorene Joshua; Intervenor Plaintiffs,

Servicemaster Management Services; Intervenor,

Anne Mitchell; Bob Moore, Pat Gee; Pat Rayburn; Mary J.

Gage; North Little Rock Classroom Teachers Association;

Pulaski Association of Classroom Teachers; Little Rock

Classroom Teachers Association; Alexa Armstrong; Karlos

Armstrong; Ed Bullington; Khayyam Davis; Janice Dent;

John Harrison; Alvin Hudson; Tatia Hudson; Milton

Jackson; Leslie Joshua; Stacy Joshua; Wayne Joshua;

Katherine Knight; Sara Matthews; Becky McKinney; Derrick

Miles; Janice Miles; John M. Miles; NAACP; Joyce Person;

Brian Taylor; Hilton Taylor; Parsha Taylor; Robert

Willingham; Tonya Willingham; Intervenor Plaintiffs, v. NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT; Leon Barnes; Sheryl

Dunn; Mac Faulkner; Richard A. Giddings; Marianne Gosser;

Don Hindman; Shirley Lowery; Bob Lyon; George A.

McCrary; Bob Moore; Steve Morley; Buddy Raines; David

Sain; Bob Stender; Dale Ward; John Ward; Judy Wear;

Grainger Williams; Defendants,

Pulaski County Special School District; Appellee,

State of Arkansas; Defendants,

Office of Desegregation Monitor; Claimant.

Horace A. WALKER; P.A. Hollingsworth; Kenneth G. Torrence;

Phillip E. Kaplan; Janet Pulliam; John Bilheimer; Dale

Charles; Robert L. Brown, Sr.; Gwen Hevey Jackson; Diane

Davis; Raymond Frazier; Plaintiffs, v. PULASKI COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION; O.G. Jacovelli,

individually and as President of the Board of Education of

the Little Rock School District; Patricia Gee, individually

and in her official capacity as a member of the Board of

Education of the Little Rock School District, a public body;

Dr. George Cannon, individually and in his official

capacity as a member of the Board of Education of the Little

Rock School District, a public body; John Moore,

individually and in his official capacity as a member of the

Board of Education of the Little Rock School District, a

public body; Dorsey Jackson, individually and in his

official capacity as a member of the Board of Education of

the Little Rock School District, a public body; Dr.

Katherine Mitchell, individually and in her official

capacity as a member of the Board of Education of the Little

Rock School District, a public body; W.D. Hamilton,

individually and in his official capacity as a member of the

Board of Education of the Little Rock School District, a

public body; Cecil Bailey, individually and in his official

capacity as a member of the Pulaski County Board of

Education, a public corporate; Thomas Broughton,

individually and in his official capacity as a member of the

Pulaski County Board of Education, a public corporate; Dr.

Martin Zoldessy, individually and in his official capacity

as a member of the Pulaski County Board of Education, a

public corporate; Defendants.

No. 96-3333.

United States Court of Appeals,

Eighth Circuit.

Submitted Feb. 25, 1997.

Decided March 31, 1997.

Rehearing Denied May 23, 1997.

Christopher John Heller, Little Rock, AR (John C. Fendley, Jr., on brief), argued, for appellant.

M. Samuel Jones, Little Rock, AR (Claire Shows Hancock, on brief), argued, for appellee.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge, and HEANEY and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Little Rock School District (LRSD) appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas requiring it to pay the Pulaski County School District (PCSSD) $345,294 pursuant to a settlement agreement in the interdistrict desegregation case. We affirm the order of the district court essentially for the reasons stated in its opinion.

At issue in this appeal is the entitlement to majority-to-minority [M-to-M]...