United States Eighth Circuit

Since private contract law governs a school board's performance of a school desegregation settlement agreement, rather than civil rights statutes, the defendant could not rely on civil rights action exception to remove the case to federal court.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/02/2001
• Published 07/02/2001

Judges

• BEAM, Circuit Judge., BEFORE:  WOLLMAN, Chief Judge, BEAM, Circuit Judge, and BARNES, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Dirk DeYong, argued, St. Louis, MO (Kenneth C. Brostron, Mary Elizabeth Handley, St. Louis, MO, on the brief), for appellant., Thomas E. Bauer, pro se.