United States Eleventh Circuit

In a class action lawsuit alleging race discrimination in a school system, judgment in favor of defendant-school district is reversed where the district court applied an incorrect legal standard to plaintiff's challenge to defendant's ability-grouping practices.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/23/2005
• Published 09/23/2005

Judges

• MARCUS, Circuit Judge:, Before BARKETT, MARCUS and SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas J. Henderson, Derek W. Black, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC, Paul R. Dieseth, Eric A. Ruzicka, Dorsey & Whitney, LLP, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiffs.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jerry A. Lumley, Lumley & Howell, LLP, Macon, GA, for Defendant.