YOUNGBLOOD v. BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION OF BAY CO., FLA.

No. 29369.

430 F.2d 625 (1970)

Jean Carolyn YOUNGBLOOD et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION OF BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 11, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore R. Bowers, Panama City, Fla., Jack Greenberg, Drew S. Days, III, New York City, for Jean Carolyn Youngblood.

William Stafford, U. S. Atty., Tallahassee, Fla., Dorothy B. Rankin, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Julian Bennett, Panama City, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Before WISDOM, COLEMAN, and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

The Board of Public Instruction of Bay County, Florida, faces fewer desegregation problems than do most school boards. This Court found, last December, that the freedom of choice plan in Bay County "has produced impressive results",1 although "it fall[s] short of establishing a unitary school system".2 As of February 6, 1970, there were only 3,028 blacks (17%) as compared with 14,629...

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