GAINES v. DOUGHERTY CTY. BD. OF ED.

Civ. A. No. 764.

489 F.Supp. 778 (1980)

Shirley GAINES et al., Plaintiffs, v. DOUGHERTY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M. D. Georgia, Albany Division.

May 2, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. B. King, Herbert E. Phipps, Peter Zack Geer, Albany, Ga., for plaintiffs.

Jesse W. Walters, Albany, Ga., for defendants.


OWENS, District Judge:

Deciding this school case is much like having been told as a child to take a dose of caster oil — we knew our parents thought it was good for us, but we nevertheless thought the problem could have been remedied with something that tasted better and didn't produce such a drastic result. Told by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in no uncertain terms to administer another dose of desegregation to the elementary and junior high schools...

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