UNITED STATES v. SUNFLOWER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT

No. 29950.

430 F.2d 839 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SUNFLOWER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 13, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank O. Crosthwait, Jr., Indianola, Miss., Hardy Lott, Greenwood, Miss., for defendants-appellants.

H. M. Ray, U. S. Atty., Oxford, Miss., Jerris Leonard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Brian K. Landsberg, Ben L. Krage, Attys., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEWIN, GOLDBERG and DYER, Circuit Judges.


GEWIN, Circuit Judge:

This is another school desegregation case in which the school district complains of an order entered by the district court.1 Against a background of slow progress in establishing a unitary school system and the use of an achievement testing program in the assignment of students, the United States filed a motion for supplemental relief.2 This appeal...

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