Landgraf v. USI Film Products Brief for Amicus Curiae Supporting Petitioners

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October 5, 1992

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Brief also includes Rivers v. Roadway Express, Inc. Date is approximate.

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  • Case Files, Sheff v. O'Neill Hardbacks. Correspondence from Ellis to Gordon with Rossell Exhibits, 1992. 5e5839bf-a346-f011-877a-002248226c06. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/d207ef51-50df-40ad-b886-8a2ee83d9815/correspondence-from-ellis-to-gordon-with-rossell-exhibits. Accessed August 19, 2025.

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HARTFORD METRO AREA EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS 

CORRELATIONS BETWEEN AID/EXPENDITURES AND INDICATORS OF POVERTY A 

  

    
  

  

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Tatal Local/Federal Connecticut Remedial Remedial 

Per Pupil Per Pupil State Aid 6th Grade 6th Grade | a 

» Expenditures Expenditures Per Pupil Reading Math % AFDC 

% Minority 0.26 -0.23 0.45% 0.84% 0.80 a78% 

% AFDC -0.05 -0.564 0.65% 0.914 0.884 

% Below 6th Read 0.06 —0.54* 0.707% 

o% Below 6th Math 0.06 —0.51 0.67% 
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*Significant at .05 or greater level 

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1. As shown in column 3, Connecticut state aid per pupil is strongly positively 

correlated with % minority, % AFDC, % below 6th grade remedial reading and math 

in the Hartford Metro Area. 

  

    
          

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=   2. Localffederal per pupil expenditures are negatively correlated with % minority : 

| &.e. they are higher in higher % white, and wealthier and higher achieving districts) 

in the Hartford Metro Area.       pay "4 

3. The effect of Connecticut state aid is to reduce the significant negaiive relationship 

between localffederal per pupil expenditure and 9, AFDC, % below 6th grade remedial 

| reading level, and 6th grade remedial math level {column 2) to no relationship 

0 at all between total per pupil expenditures and indicators of poverty (column 1) in the 

Hartford Metro Area. 

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A CLASSIFICATION OF STATES BY STATE DESEGREGATION FUNDING ~~ 

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VOLUNTARY COURT ORDERED NO 
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Voluntarily State Funds on Spend No State 
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Maine 
Maryland 
Mississippi 
Montana 
Nebraska 
Nevada 
New Hampshire 
New Jersey 
New Mexico 
North Carolina 
North Dakota 
Oklahoma 

Oregon 
Pennsylvania 
Rhode Island 
South Carolina 
South Dakota 
Tennessee 

Texas 

Utah 
Vermont 
Virginia 
West Virginia 
Wyoming 

  

  

 



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A CLASSIFICATION OF STATES BY STATE LEGISLATION, REGULATION ~~ 
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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION OR SCHOOL RACIAL BALANCE 

  
  

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* California continues to fund schoal desegregation plans out of the state budget although 

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SCHOOL DIST DESEG % MIN. 1-4 1-3 1-2 7-1 T+0 T+1 T+2 

SMALL DISTRICTS <35X% MIN. --MAND.REASS. 
ST. PAUL, MN 1973 11.1 43432 44378 44130 42476 40234 35313 35369 

DES MOINES, IA 1977 11.9 37546 36306 34872 33435 31823 30305 29756 

AMARILLO, TX 1972 14.2 26083 25361 24683 23915 22890 23094 22876 

TULSA, OK 1971 17.1 66413 66413 65943 64077 61390 56859 53312 

RACINE, WI 1975 18.7 26160 25586 24902 24279 22678 21802 19901 

SPRINGFIELD, MA 1974 32.4 22501 21547 20631 19220 17946 17327 16559 

WACO, TX 1971 32.5 13178 12842 12506 12027 11435 10802 9591 

AVERAGE 1973 19.7 33616 33205 32524 31347 29771 27929 26766 

LARGE DISTRICTS <35X MIN. --MAND.REASS. 
MONTGOMERY CO, MD 1976 11.3 113795 112990 110299 106900 97575 93278 88040 

FAYETTE CO., KY 1972 17.7 28836 29429 29814 29599 29100 28703 28538 

JEFFERSON CO., KY 1975 20.5 117613 115934 112443 105538 93263 88782 84902 

NEW CASTLE CO., DE 1978 23.5 64679 61843 57070 53162 47008 42307 38980 

NASHVILLE, TN 1971 26.3 69515 71039 72563 71603 64114 61402 59322 

MECKLENBURG CO. ,NC 1970 29.5 57079 57079 58623 59530 56819 54926 53629 

AVERAGE 1974 21.1 75253 T4719 T3469 T1055 64647 61566 58902 

<35X MIN. NO DESEG. PLANS 
AVERAGE 5.8 25603 25865 26126 25994 25861 26906 27950 

SMALL DISTRICTS >35% MINORITY-MANDATORY REASSIGNMENT PLANS 

BOSTON, MA 1974 40.4 62014 59390 57405 53593 44937 37479 32477 

STOCKTON, CA 1975 43.2 18568 17970 17036 16163 13920 12426 11545 

DAYTON, OH 1976 47.9 28698 26111 24502 23065 19039 17897 16398 

AVERAGE 1975 43.8 36427 34490 32981 30940 25965 22601 20140 

LARGE DISTRICTS >35% MINORITY-MANDATORY REASSIGNMENT PLANS 

E.BATON ROUGE, LA 1981 40.4 41376 39649 39379 35945 32974 27920 27779 

DALLAS, TX 1971 40.6 97888 97888 96480 94393 85782 78214 72688 

CHATHAM CO., GA 1970 61.1 25367 25167 24967 24767 22782 19370 16894 

MOBILE CO. ,AL 1970 41.7 44542 44542 44023 42620 38677 35548 35943 

CADDO PARISH, LA 1970 43.9 31117 32513 33909 31989 27298 26677 26044 

MONTGOMERY CO., AL 1976 48.1 19823 19217 18325 18491 18656 17555 17458 

LOS ANGELES, CA 1978 63.5 252446 240787 219775 194808 165315 146535 128387 

AVERAGE 1974 45.6 73223 71395 68123 63288 55926 50260 46456 

>35% MIN. - NO DESEG. PLANS 
AVERAGE 11974’ 60.4 34990 31806 33061 32033 30105 29506 28906 

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1-2 Sq. % WH.ENR.Lg. 

SCHOOL DIST DESEG X MIN. M. 7-3 1-2 T-1 T+1 T+2 T+3 T+5 T+6 T+7 T+11 CHANGE SIZE 

SMALL DISTRICTS <35X MIN.--MAND.REASS. 
ST. PAUL, MN 1973 11.1 105 102.2% 101.6% 97.8% . 81.3% 81.4% 73.3% . 61.7% 59.1% 63.3% 47.2%  -53.5% 

DES MOINES, IA 1977 11.9 63 96.7% 92.9% 89.1% . 80.7% 79.3% 73.4% . 69.2% 67.3% 66.8% . 64.5% -30.6% 

AMARILLO, TX 1972 14.2 61 97.2% 94.6% 91.7% 88.5% 87.7% 85.8% . 82.2% 80.4X 78.3% 764.9% -20.9% 

TULSA, OK 1971 17.1 49 100.0% 99.3% 96.5% 85.6% 80.3% 76.0% . 69.1% 65.2% 60.4% 48.4%  -51.2% 

RACINE, WI 1975 18.7 75 97.8% 95.2% 92.8% . 83.3% 76.1% 73.5% . 65.8% 62.9% 61.3% 55.8% -41.4% 

SPRINGFIELD, MA 1974 32.4 75 95.8% 91.7% 85.4% . 77.0% 73.6% 70.4% 60.4% 55.2% 52.1% 44.9% -51.0% 

WACO, TX 1971 32.5 59 97.5% 94.9% 91.3% . 82.0% 72.8% 66.6% . 58.7% 56.1% 53.5% 43.2%  -54.5% 

AVERAGE 1973 19.7 70 98.2% 95.7% 92.1% 82.6% 78.7% 74.1% . 66.7% 63.8% 62.3% 54.1%  -44.3% 

LARGE DISTRICTS <35X MIN.--MAND.REASS. 
MONTGOMERY CO, MD 1976 11.3 495 99.3% 96.9% 93.9% . 82.0% 77.4% 72.5% . 64.0% 60.5% 58.4% 55.9% -42.3% 

FAYETTE CO., KY 1972 17.7 280 102.1% 103.4X 102.6% . 99.5% 99.0% 96.5% . 93.2% 92.3% 89.9% 81.6X -21.1% 

JEFFERSON CO., KY 1975 20.5 375 98.6% 95.6X 89.7% . 75.5% 72.2% 68.9% . 64.1% 60.1% 56.1% 54.2% -43.3% 

NEW CASTLE CO., DE1978 23.5 429 95.6% 88.2% 82.2% . 65.4% 60.3% 55.3% 51.5% 51.7% 52.3% 53.8% -39.0% 

NASHVILLE, TN 1971 24.3 527 102.2% 104.4% 103.0% 88.3% 85.3% 82.9% . 77.2% 74.6% 72.0% 61.2%  -41.4X 

MECKLENBURG CO.,NC1970 29.5 530 100.0% 102.7X 104.3% . 96.2% 94.0% 91.0% . 88.9% 88.7X 86.3% 76.4% -25.6% 

AVERAGE 1974 21.1 439 99.6% 98.5% 96.0% 84.5% 81.3% 77.8% 73.1% 71.3% 69.2% 63.9% -38.3% 

<35X MIN. NO DESEG. PLANS 
AVERAGE 5.8 101.0% 102.0% 101.5% 101.0% 105.1% 109.2% 105.2% 101.2% 100.7% 100.3% 101.0% 89.1% -12.7X 

SMALL DISTRICTS >35X MINORITY-MANDATORY REASSIGNMENT PLANS 
BOSTON, MA 1974 40.4 46 95.8% 92.6% 86.4% 72.5% 60.4% 52.4% 49.3% 45.5% 39.1% 38.2% 31.4% 25.2% -72.8% 

STOCKTON, CA 1975 43.2 46 96.8% 91.7% 87.0% 75.0% 66.9% 62.2% 54.2% 51.1% 45.9% 45.2% 42.3% 41.0%  -55.4% 

DAYTON, OH 1976 47.9 34 91.0% 85.4% 80.4% 66.3% 62.4% 57.1% 53.5% 50.3% 4B.4X 46.1% 43.7X 39.0%  -54.4% 

AVERAGE 1975 43.8 42 94.5% 89.9% 84.6X 71.3% 63.2% 57.2% 52.3% 49.0% 44.5% 43.2% 39.1% 35.0% -65.2% 

LARGE DISTRICTS >35X MINORITY-MANDATORY REASSIGNMENT PLANS 
E.BATON ROUGE, LA 1981 40.4 459 95.8% 95.2% 86.9% 79.74 67.5% 67.1% 62.2% 66.2% 62.6% 61.8% 61.0% 64.0% -32.7% 

DALLAS, TX 1971 40.6 351 100.0% 98.6% 96.4X 87.6% 79.9% 68.0% 60.9% 54.1% 49.5% 46.0% 34.2%  -65.3% 

CHATHAM CO., GA 1970 41.1 455 99.2% 98.4% 97.6% B89.8X 76.4% v 62.2% 60.1% 58.9% 59.9% 56.4% 51.8%  -47.4% 

MOBILE CO.,AL 1970 41.7 1240 100.0% 98.8% 95.7% 86.8% 79.8% ‘ 79.1% 78.4% 78.3% 81.6X 83.1% 82.0% -17.1% 

CADDO PARISH, LA 1970 43.9 899 104.5% 109.0% 102.8% 87.7% 85.7% . 77.4% 77.3% 76.1% 74.9% 72.3% 64.8%  -40.5% 

MONTGOMERY CO., AL1976 48.1 790 96.9% 92.4% 93.3% 94.1% 88.6% 86.0% 81.4% 81.2% 74.9% 74.4% 74.4% -19.5% 

LOS ANGELES, CA 1978 63.5 710 95.4X 87.1% 77.2% 65.5% 58.0% . 47.8% 47.4% 45.1% 44.0% 42.5% 35.3%  -59.4% 

AVERAGE 1974 45.6 701 98.8% 97.1% 92.8% 84.5% 76.6% 69.0% 67.4% 65.2% 63.8% 62.2% 58.1% -51.0% 

>35X MIN. - NO DESEG. PLANS 
AVERAGE "1974 60.4 90.9% 94.5% 91.5% 86.0% 84.3% 77.6% 72.5% 69.5% 66.4% 63.9% 54.4% -42.4%

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