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 ,

v.

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

A T T O R N E Y S  FO R

T H E  DETRO IT  BOARD OF EDUCATION D EFEND ANTS



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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF A P P E A L S

FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT

RONALD  BR AD LE Y , et al. ,

P la intif f  s - Appellants, 

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W IL L IA M  G. M ILL IK E N , et al. ,

Defendants - A ppe l le es ,

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DETROIT FE D E R ATIO N  OF TEACHERS,

Defendant-Interve nor.

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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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