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SMILEY v. VOLLERT

Civ. A. No. 2643.

453 F.Supp. 463 (1978)

Tyrnn SMILEY et al., Plaintiffs, v. Frank VOLLERT et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. Texas, Galveston Division.

June 16, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weldon H. Berry, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs and intervenors.

Bryan F. Williams, Jr., Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, Galveston, Tex., Edward H. Schwab, III, Bedford, Lambdin & Schwab, Galveston, Tex., for defendants.

Joseph D. Rich, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Jeremiah Glassman, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Paulina Jacobo, U. S. Dept. of Health, Education & Welfare, Dallas, Tex., amicus curiae.

COWAN, District Judge.

ORDER OF JUNE 16, 1978

Brief History of Case and Essential Facts

This case seeking desegregation of the Galveston Independent School District (GISD) was filed on August 18, 1959. On January 23, 1961, the Court entered an order instituting a "stair-step," year-at-a-time, freedom-of-choice desegregation order similar to the orders entered in many courts in that era. GISD exceeded the schedule established in the order...

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