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Eleventh Circuit· 3/22/1985

Willie Eugene Pitts v. Robert Freeman

Citations

  • 755 F.2d 1423
  • 1985 U.S. App. LEXIS 28511
  • 23 Educ. L. Rep. 535

How courts have described this case

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  • reversing decision of District Court to terminate consent decree, sua sponte, and without conducting a hearing on whether there had been compliance with its specific terms
  • district court may consider discriminatory intent only after a school system achieves full unitary status
  • district court may consider discriminatory intent only after a school system achieves full unitary status
  • mere adoption of desegregation plan insufficient to render a dual system unitary
  • mere adoption of desegregation plan insufficient to render a dual system unitary

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Judges: Vance, Anderson, Pittman

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