BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SHELBY COUNTY v. MEMPHIS CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION

No. 11-2101.

BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MEMPHIS CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Tennessee, Western Division.

August 7, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Board of Education of Shelby County, Tennessee, Plaintiff, represented by Charles Wayne Cagle , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP, PC, Jason Michael Bergeron , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP, PC, Lawrence F. Giordano , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP, P.C., Mary Ann Stackhouse , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP, P.C., Samuel L. Jackson , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP PC & Valerie B. Speakman , SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOLS.

Eddie Jones, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Allan J. Wade , ALLAN J. WADE, PLLC..

Memphis City Board of Education, Defendant, represented by Michael R. Marshall , EVANS PETREE, PC, Dorsey E. Hopson, II , MEMPHIS CITY SCHOOLS, Ernest G. Kelly, Jr. , EVANS PETREE, PC & Mary C. (Katy) Laster , EVANS PETREE, PC.

Memphis City Council, Defendant, represented by Allan J. Wade , ALLAN J. WADE, PLLC., Brandy S. Parrish , ALLAN J. WADE, PLLC. & Regina Morrison Newman , CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

STATE OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Defendant, represented by Kevin Steiling , ATTORNEY GENERAL AND REPORTER, Adam Futrell , TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE & J. Ross Dyer , ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE.

Patrick Smith, Defendant, represented by Kevin Steiling , ATTORNEY GENERAL AND REPORTER, Adam Futrell , TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE & J. Ross Dyer , ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE.

City Of Memphis, Tennessee;, Defendant, represented by Philip Eric Oliphant , CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Allan J. Wade , ALLAN J. WADE, PLLC., Brandy S. Parrish , ALLAN J. WADE, PLLC., Carlos Bibbs , CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Herman Morris, Jr. , CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE & Regina Morrison Newman , CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

The Board of County Commissioners of Shelby County, Tennessee, Defendant, represented by Leo Maurice Bearman, Jr. , BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, David Lee Bearman , BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, Gabriel Paul Eaton McGaha , BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, Imad Al-Deen Ibn Abdullah , BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, PC, Lori Hackleman Patterson , BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ & Matthew G. White , BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ.

Attorney General Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Defendant, represented by Kevin Steiling , ATTORNEY GENERAL AND REPORTER.

Tre Hargett, Defendant, represented by Kevin Steiling , ATTORNEY GENERAL AND REPORTER.

Mark Goins, Defendant, represented by Kevin Steiling , ATTORNEY GENERAL AND REPORTER.

THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF STATE: DIVISION OF ELECTIONS, Defendant, represented by Kevin Steiling , ATTORNEY GENERAL AND REPORTER.

THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Defendant, represented by Kevin Steiling , ATTORNEY GENERAL AND REPORTER.

Kevin Huffman, Defendant, represented by Kevin Steiling , ATTORNEY GENERAL AND REPORTER.

Memphis Education Association, Intervenor Defendant, represented by Richard L. Colbert , Kay Griffin Enkema & Colbert PLLC & Courtney Lynch Wilbert , Kay, Griffin, Enkema & Colbert, PLLC.

Keith Williams, Intervenor Defendant, represented by Richard L. Colbert , Kay Griffin Enkema & Colbert PLLC & Courtney Lynch Wilbert , Kay, Griffin, Enkema & Colbert, PLLC.

Karl Thomas Emens, Intervenor Defendant, represented by Richard L. Colbert , Kay Griffin Enkema & Colbert PLLC & Courtney Lynch Wilbert , Kay, Griffin, Enkema & Colbert, PLLC.

The City of Germantown, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Nathan A. Bicks , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Anna Vergos Blair , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON PLLC, David E. Goodman, Jr. , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Eric J. Plumley , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Jennifer Shorb Hagerman , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Mary Hale Morris , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON PLLC & Shea B. Oliver , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON.

The City of Bartlett, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Nathan A. Bicks , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Anna Vergos Blair , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON PLLC, David E. Goodman, Jr. , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Eric J. Plumley , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Jennifer Shorb Hagerman , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Mary Hale Morris , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON PLLC & Shea B. Oliver , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON.

The Town of Collierville, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Nathan A. Bicks , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Anna Vergos Blair , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON PLLC, David E. Goodman, Jr. , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Eric J. Plumley , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Jennifer Shorb Hagerman , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Mary Hale Morris , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON PLLC & Shea B. Oliver , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON.

The City of Lakeland, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Nathan A. Bicks , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Anna Vergos Blair , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON PLLC, David E. Goodman, Jr. , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Eric J. Plumley , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Jennifer Shorb Hagerman , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Mary Hale Morris , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON PLLC & Shea B. Oliver , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON.

The City of Millington, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by David E. Goodman, Jr. , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Eric J. Plumley , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Jennifer Shorb Hagerman , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Mary Hale Morris , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON PLLC, Nathan A. Bicks , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Anna Vergos Blair , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON PLLC & Shea B. Oliver , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON.

Town of Arlington, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by David E. Goodman, Jr. , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Eric J. Plumley , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Jennifer Shorb Hagerman , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Mary Hale Morris , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON PLLC, Nathan A. Bicks , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Anna Vergos Blair , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON PLLC & Shea B. Oliver , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON.

Dr. Snowden Carruthers, Intervenor, represented by David Scott Bennett , LEITNER WILLIAMS DOOLEY & NAPOLITAN PLLC.

Michael Wissman, Intervenor, represented by David Scott Bennett , LEITNER WILLIAMS DOOLEY & NAPOLITAN PLLC.

David Reaves, Intervenor, represented by David Scott Bennett , LEITNER WILLIAMS DOOLEY & NAPOLITAN PLLC.

Joseph Clayton, Intervenor, represented by David Scott Bennett , LEITNER WILLIAMS DOOLEY & NAPOLITAN PLLC.

David Pickler, Intervenor, represented by David Scott Bennett , LEITNER WILLIAMS DOOLEY & NAPOLITAN PLLC.

Shelby County Education Association, Intervenor, represented by Richard L. Colbert , Kay Griffin Enkema & Colbert PLLC.

City Of Memphis, Tennessee;, Counter Claimant, represented by Philip Eric Oliphant , CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Allan J. Wade , ALLAN J. WADE, PLLC., Brandy S. Parrish , ALLAN J. WADE, PLLC., Herman Morris, Jr. , CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE & Regina Morrison Newman , CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

The Board of Education of Shelby County, Tennessee, Counter Defendant, represented by Charles Wayne Cagle , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP, PC, Jason Michael Bergeron , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP, PC, Lawrence F. Giordano , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP, P.C., Mary Ann Stackhouse , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP, P.C. & Samuel L. Jackson , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP PC.

Memphis City Council, Cross Claimant, represented by Allan J. Wade , ALLAN J. WADE, PLLC. & Brandy S. Parrish , ALLAN J. WADE, PLLC..

STATE OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Cross Defendant, represented by Kevin Steiling , ATTORNEY GENERAL AND REPORTER, Adam Futrell , TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE & J. Ross Dyer , ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE.

Memphis City Council, Counter Claimant, represented by Allan J. Wade , ALLAN J. WADE, PLLC. & Brandy S. Parrish , ALLAN J. WADE, PLLC..

The Board of Education of Shelby County, Tennessee, Counter Defendant, represented by Charles Wayne Cagle , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP, PC, Jason Michael Bergeron , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP, PC, Lawrence F. Giordano , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP, P.C., Mary Ann Stackhouse , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP, P.C. & Samuel L. Jackson , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP PC.

Memphis City Board of Education, Counter Claimant, represented by Michael R. Marshall , EVANS PETREE, PC, Ernest G. Kelly, Jr. , EVANS PETREE, PC & Mary C. (Katy) Laster , EVANS PETREE, PC.

City Of Memphis, Tennessee;, Counter Defendant, represented by Philip Eric Oliphant , CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Allan J. Wade , ALLAN J. WADE, PLLC., Brandy S. Parrish , ALLAN J. WADE, PLLC., Herman Morris, Jr. , CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE & Regina Morrison Newman , CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

Memphis City Council, Counter Defendant, represented by Allan J. Wade , ALLAN J. WADE, PLLC. & Brandy S. Parrish , ALLAN J. WADE, PLLC..

STATE OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Counter Defendant, represented by Kevin Steiling , ATTORNEY GENERAL AND REPORTER, Adam Futrell , TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE & J. Ross Dyer , ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE.

The Board of Education of Shelby County, Tennessee, Counter Defendant, represented by Charles Wayne Cagle , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP, PC, Jason Michael Bergeron , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP, PC, Lawrence F. Giordano , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP, P.C., Mary Ann Stackhouse , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP, P.C. & Samuel L. Jackson , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP PC.

The Board of County Commissioners of Shelby County, Tennessee, Counter Claimant, represented by Leo Maurice Bearman, Jr. , BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, David Lee Bearman , BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, Gabriel Paul Eaton McGaha , BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, Imad Al-Deen Ibn Abdullah , BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, PC, Lori Hackleman Patterson , BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ & Matthew G. White , BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ.

The Board of Education of Shelby County, Tennessee, Counter Defendant, represented by Charles Wayne Cagle , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP, PC, Jason Michael Bergeron , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP, PC, Lawrence F. Giordano , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP, P.C., Mary Ann Stackhouse , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP, P.C. & Samuel L. Jackson , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP PC.

Memphis Education Association, Counter Claimant, represented by Richard L. Colbert , Kay Griffin Enkema & Colbert PLLC.

The Board of Education of Shelby County, Tennessee, Counter Defendant, represented by Charles Wayne Cagle , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP, PC, Jason Michael Bergeron , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP, PC, Lawrence F. Giordano , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP, P.C., Mary Ann Stackhouse , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP, P.C. & Samuel L. Jackson , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP PC.

Memphis City Council, Counter Claimant, represented by Allan J. Wade , ALLAN J. WADE, PLLC. & Brandy S. Parrish , ALLAN J. WADE, PLLC..

Memphis City Board of Education, Counter Defendant, represented by Michael R. Marshall , EVANS PETREE, PC, Ernest G. Kelly, Jr. , EVANS PETREE, PC & Mary C. (Katy) Laster , EVANS PETREE, PC.

Keith Williams, Counter Claimant, represented by Richard L. Colbert , Kay Griffin Enkema & Colbert PLLC & Courtney Lynch Wilbert , Kay, Griffin, Enkema & Colbert, PLLC.

Memphis Education Association, Counter Claimant, represented by Richard L. Colbert , Kay Griffin Enkema & Colbert PLLC & Courtney Lynch Wilbert , Kay, Griffin, Enkema & Colbert, PLLC.

Karl Thomas Emens, Counter Claimant, represented by Richard L. Colbert , Kay Griffin Enkema & Colbert PLLC & Courtney Lynch Wilbert , Kay, Griffin, Enkema & Colbert, PLLC.

The Board of Education of Shelby County, Tennessee, Counter Defendant, represented by Charles Wayne Cagle , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP, PC, Jason Michael Bergeron , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP, PC, Lawrence F. Giordano , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP, P.C., Mary Ann Stackhouse , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP, P.C. & Samuel L. Jackson , LEWIS KING KRIEG & WALDROP PC.

The Board of County Commissioners of Shelby County, Tennessee, ThirdParty Plaintiff, represented by Leo Maurice Bearman, Jr. , BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, David Lee Bearman , BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, Gabriel Paul Eaton McGaha , BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, Imad Al-Deen Ibn Abdullah , BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, PC, Lori Hackleman Patterson , BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ & Matthew G. White , BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ.

Attorney General Robert E. Cooper, Jr., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Kevin Steiling , ATTORNEY GENERAL AND REPORTER.

Tre Hargett, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Kevin Steiling , ATTORNEY GENERAL AND REPORTER.

Mark Goins, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Kevin Steiling , ATTORNEY GENERAL AND REPORTER.

THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF STATE: DIVISION OF ELECTIONS, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Kevin Steiling , ATTORNEY GENERAL AND REPORTER.

THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Kevin Steiling , ATTORNEY GENERAL AND REPORTER.

Kevin Huffman, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Kevin Steiling , ATTORNEY GENERAL AND REPORTER.

City Of Memphis, Tennessee;, ThirdParty Plaintiff, represented by Philip Eric Oliphant , CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE-Memphis, Allan J. Wade , ALLAN J. WADE, PLLC., Brandy S. Parrish , ALLAN J. WADE, PLLC., Herman Morris, Jr. , CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE-Memphis & Regina Morrison Newman , CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE-Memphis.

Memphis City Council, ThirdParty Plaintiff, represented by Allan J. Wade , ALLAN J. WADE, PLLC. & Brandy S. Parrish , ALLAN J. WADE, PLLC..

Attorney General Robert E. Cooper, Jr., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Kevin Steiling , ATTORNEY GENERAL AND REPORTER.

Mark Goins, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Kevin Steiling , ATTORNEY GENERAL AND REPORTER.

Tre Hargett, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Kevin Steiling , ATTORNEY GENERAL AND REPORTER.

Kevin Huffman, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Kevin Steiling , ATTORNEY GENERAL AND REPORTER.

Shelby County Election Commission, The, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by John L. Ryder , HARRIS SHELTON DUNLAP COBB & RYDER.

THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Kevin Steiling , ATTORNEY GENERAL AND REPORTER.

THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF STATE: DIVISION OF ELECTIONS, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Kevin Steiling , ATTORNEY GENERAL AND REPORTER.

The City of Bartlett, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Nathan A. Bicks , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Anna Vergos Blair , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON PLLC, David E. Goodman, Jr. , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Eric J. Plumley , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Jennifer Shorb Hagerman , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Mary Hale Morris , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON PLLC & Shea B. Oliver , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON.

The City of Germantown, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Nathan A. Bicks , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Anna Vergos Blair , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON PLLC, David E. Goodman, Jr. , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Eric J. Plumley , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Jennifer Shorb Hagerman , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Mary Hale Morris , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON PLLC & Shea B. Oliver , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON.

The City of Lakeland, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Nathan A. Bicks , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Anna Vergos Blair , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON PLLC, David E. Goodman, Jr. , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Eric J. Plumley , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Jennifer Shorb Hagerman , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Mary Hale Morris , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON PLLC & Shea B. Oliver , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON.

The City of Millington, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by David E. Goodman, Jr. , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Eric J. Plumley , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Jennifer Shorb Hagerman , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Mary Hale Morris , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON PLLC, Nathan A. Bicks , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Anna Vergos Blair , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON PLLC & Shea B. Oliver , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON.

The Town of Collierville, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Nathan A. Bicks , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Anna Vergos Blair , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON PLLC, David E. Goodman, Jr. , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Eric J. Plumley , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Jennifer Shorb Hagerman , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Mary Hale Morris , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON PLLC & Shea B. Oliver , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON.

Town of Arlington, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by David E. Goodman, Jr. , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Eric J. Plumley , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Jennifer Shorb Hagerman , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Mary Hale Morris , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON PLLC, Nathan A. Bicks , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON, Anna Vergos Blair , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON PLLC & Shea B. Oliver , BURCH PORTER & JOHNSON.


ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTION FOR APPROVAL

SAMUEL H. MAYS, Jr., District Judge.

Before the Court is the March 28, 2013 Motion for Approval by Defendant/Counterclaimant Board of County Commissioners of Shelby County, Tennessee (the "Shelby County Commission"). (Motion, ECF No. 503.) On March 29, 2013, Intervening Third-Party Defendants the City of Germantown, the Town of Collierville, the City of Bartlett, the City of Lakeland, the City...

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