Board of Education Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff-Appellants' Appeal
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January 1, 1970
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IN T H E UNITED STATES COURT OF A P P E A L S
FO R T H E SIXTH CIRCUIT
RO NALD B R A D L E Y , et al. ,
P la in ti f fs-Appellants ,
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W IL L IA M G. M IL L IK E N , et al. ,
and
D ef endant s - App e l l e e s ,
D ETR O IT F E D E R A T IO N O F TEACHERS,
D ef endant - Int e r veno r .
No. 21036
BOARD OF EDUCATION D EFENDANTS ' MOTION
TO DISMISS P L A IN T IF F - A P P E L L A N T S ' A P P E A L
M i l le r , Canfield, Paddock and Stone
2500 Detro it Bank & Trust Building
Detroit, Michigan 48226
Telephone: 963-6420
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF A P P E A L S
FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
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No. 21036
BOARD OF EDUCATION DEFENDANTS ' MOTION
TO DISMISS P L A IN T IF F - A P P E L L A N T S ' A P P E A L * I.
Now comes Defendants THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE C ITY OF DETROIT, a school distr ict of the f i rs t
class, P A T R IC K McDONALD, JAMES A„ H ATH AW AY and CORNELIUS
G O LIG H TLY , members of the Board, and NORMAN DRACHLER, super
intendent of the Detroit Public Schools, (hereinafter called "Board of
Education Defendants"), by their attorneys, M i l le r , Canfield, Paddock and
Stone, and move this Honorable Court, pursuant to Rule 8 of the Rules of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, for entry of its Order
dismissing the appeal of Plaintiffs herein fo r the following reasons:
I. P L A IN T IF F S LAC K STANDING TO RAISE, AND THIS COURT
LACKS JURISDICTION TO E N TE R T A IN , AN A P P E A L FROM T H A T
PO RT IO N OF THE DECEMBER 3, 1970 ORDER OF THE DISTRICT
COURT ORDERING IM P L E M E N T A T IO N OF THE M AG NET P LA N .
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II. THIS COURT LACKS JURISDICTION TO REVIEW T H A T
PO R T IO N OF THE DECEM BER 3, 1970 ORDER CONTINUING
THE T R IA L OF THIS M A T T E R , SINCE IT IS IN T E R L O C U T O R Y
AND IS NOT INJUNCTIVE IN A N Y MANNER.
W HEREFORE, the Board of Education Defendants pray that
P la in ti f f s - Appellants 1 appeal be dismissed.
M i l le r , Canfield, Paddock and Stone
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Carl H. von Ende
Attorneys fo r The Detroit Board of
Education
2500 Detroit Bank & Trust Building
Detroit, Michigan 48226
Telephone: 963-6420
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