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KNIGHT v. STATE OF ALABAMA

Civ. A. No. CV 83-M-1676.

900 F.Supp. 272 (1995)

John F. KNIGHT, Jr., Alease Sims, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The STATE OF ALABAMA, et al., Defendants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. The STATE OF ALABAMA, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Alabama, Southern Division.

Order Granting in Part Motions to Alter or Amend Decree September 25, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James U. Blacksher, Leslie M. Proll, Demetrius Newton, Birmingham, AL, Wendy Brown-Scott, Tulane Law School, New Orleans, LA, Naomi Truman, Birmingham, AL, for Petitioners John F. Knight, et al.

Solomon S. Seay, Jr., Montgomery, AL, Fred Gray, Tuskegee, AL, Armand Derfner, Charleston, SC, Terry G. Davis, Montgomery, AL, for Alabama State University.

C. Glenn Powell, Norma Lemley, Office of Counsel, University of Alabama System, Tuscaloosa, AL, for University of Alabama.

Jeffery A. Foshee, Jeffery A. Foshee & Associates, Montgomery, AL, for Alabama State Board of Education, Athens State College, Calhoun State Community College, Chancellor Fred Gainous.

Richard N. Meadows, General Counsel, State Department of Education, Montgomery, AL, for State Superintendent of Education, State Board of Education, K-12 Capacity.

Joe R. Whatley, Jr., W. Braxton Schell, Jr., Peter H. Burke, Cooper, Mitch, Crawford, Kuykendall & Whatley, Birmingham, AL, John Falkenberry, Birmingham, AL, for Alabama A & M University.

Carl Johnson, Bishop, Colvin, Johnson & Kent, Birmingham, AL, for University of Montevallo.

Maxey J. Roberts, University Attorney, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, for University of South Alabama.

Ernest N. Blasingame, Jr., Florence, AL, for University of North Alabama.

R.M. Woodrow, Doster & Woodrow, Anniston, AL, for Jacksonville State University.

Thomas W. Thagard, Jr., David R. Boyd, Robin Laurie, Balch & Bingham, Montgomery, AL, Edward S. Allen, Balch & Bingham, Birmingham, AL, for Auburn University.

William F. Murray, Jr., Burr & Forman, Birmingham, AL, for Troy State University.

Victoria Sisson, Gorham, Stewart, Kendrick, Bryant & Battle, Birmingham, AL, for Livingston University.

Craig Crenshaw, Pauline Miller, Jeremiah Glassman, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Educational Opportunities Section, Washington, DC, for The United States of America.

William F. Gardner, William K. Thomas, Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal, Birmingham, AL, for Troy State University Montgomery.

The Legal Standard of Fordice and Knight .....................................  281
DEFINITIONS ..................................................................  282
   Student Choice Generally ..................................................  282
   Specifics of Student Choice ...............................................  282
   Segregative Effects .......................................................  284
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