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WHITE v. ENGLER

No. 00-CV-72882-DT.

188 F.Supp.2d 730 (2001)

Anita WHITE, Eugene Seals, Bianca Kelly, James Smith, Michelle Miller, Maria Salinas, and all those similarly situated, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Michigan State Conference, Plaintiffs, v. John ENGLER, Governor, State of Michigan, in his official capacity; Michigan Merit Award Board; Mark A. Murray, State Treasurer, in his official capacity; Michigan Department of Treasury; Dorothy Beardmore, President of State Board of Education, in her official capacity; State Board of Education; Arthur E. Ellis, Superintendent of Public Instruction; State Department of Education, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

November 19, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Maurer, Daniel Kohrman, Kristan S. Mayer, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Educational Opportunities Section, Washington DC, for U.S.

LaPointe & Assoc., Jeffrey J. Bulter, Okemos MI, for Amicus Michigan Ass'n of Secondary School Principals.

Kary L. Moss, Michael J. Steinberg, American Civil Liberties Union Fund of MI, Detroit, MI, Patricia Mendoza, Marta Delgado, Mexican American Legal Defense Fund, Chicago, IL, Michael Pitt, Peggy Goldberg Pitt, ACLU of MI Cooperating Attys, Royal Oak, MI, Adele P. Kimmel, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Washington DC, Judy Martin, ACLU of MI Cooperating Atty., Okemos, MI, for plaintiff.

Elaine F. Fischhoff, Edith C. Harsh, Jane O. Wilensk, Mark S. Meadows, Deborah Garcia-Luna, Educ. Div., Lansing MI, for defendant.

OPINION

DUGGAN, District Judge.

This is a proposed class action civil rights suit in which Plaintiffs allege that the State of Michigan's Merit Award Scholarship Program perpetuates racial and ethnic bias and discriminates against African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and educationally disadvantaged high school students in direct contravention of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its implementing regulations, 42 U.S.C. §...

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