Tallulah Morgan v. John J. McDonough

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• holding that the district court’s supplementation of local decision making with a receiver was justified given the local authority’s failure to comply with the court’s desegregation orders
• noting that receivers “are commonly a vehicle for court supervision of distressed businesses, but have not been limited to that role”
• stating that the appointment of a receiver is permissible when more usual remedies, such as contempt proceedings or further injunctions are likely to cause further delay and confrontation.
• noting that the appointment of a receiver to act in the place of \elected and appointed officials is an extraordinary step warranted only by the most compelling circumstances\
• upholding a receivership imposed to insure a high school’s compliance with desegregation orders
• upholding a receivership imposed to insure a high school’s compliance with desegregation orders

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