United States Sixth Circuit

The District Court's denial of the parties' joint motions to dissolve certain school district desegregation orders is reversed, where the District Court abused its discretion by not affording sufficient weight to the factual basis of the parties' joint motion.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/21/2009
• Published 05/21/2009

Judges

• Before:  COOK and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges;  MARBLEY, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Valerie Barnes Speakman, Shelby County Schools, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellant.  April J. Anderson, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Valerie Barnes Speakman, Shelby County Schools, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellant.  April J. Anderson, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.