Landgraf v. USI Film Products Brief for Amicus Curiae Supporting Petitioners
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October 5, 1992

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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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Namsnal Offace A A Suite 1600 NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE - 99 Hudson Street AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. New York, N.Y. 10013 (212) 219-1900 Fax: (212) 226-7592 TELECOPIER COVER SEEET a eS Re Sr PLEASE DELIVER THE POLLOWING PAGES TO: J or SPEDE 0 / TO THE ATTENTION OF Ble. CP Coryo A LOCATION: PHONE: Telecopier phone # (212) 226-7592 We are transmitting from a KH Pitney Bowes 8210 IP YOU DO NOT RECEIVE ALL PAGES PLEASE CALL BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. OUR PHONE HO IS (212) 219-1900 OR PICK OP PHONE AT END OP TRANSMISSION CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: ‘he information contained in ¢ rivileged and confidential in f the individual or entity n essage is not the intended re ny dissemination, distribu <rictly prohibited. lease immediately no his facsimile mess formation intended o amed above. Rapanal Ofuces The NAACP Legal Defense & Educauonal Fund, inc. Swe 30) of the Natoma) Amociancs for the Advancement of Colored Peopic 1275 K Sereet, NW (NAACP) although LDF was founded by the NAACP and shares 1 Washmgton, DC 20005 commuament to equal ngha. LDF has had for over 30 years a separace (202) 682-1300 Fax: (202) 682-1312 HARTFORD METRO AREA EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS CORRELATIONS BETWEEN AID/EXPENDITURES AND INDICATORS OF POVERTY A 0 % Below % Below 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% | *Significant at .05 or greater level 1 ¢ : INTERPRETATION | i Wi 4 | 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. IR D SH ER MA HM = 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. 24 : 2 g " GE N SE P CF “448/91 LY AN I |S RN | ay | dda le RCY BY :MOLLER HORTON @ BERG: 9-24-02 © 3:21PM CCITT ECM-HARTEFORD CONNECTICUT: # 3 dl =r - [=o Bl Sn J CL I I | hd Tt Un | ] i» ’ A CLASSIFICATION OF STATES BY STATE DESEGREGATION FUNDING ~~ x VOLUNTARY COURT ORDERED NO SPENDING SPENDING _ SPENDING States that States that Spend States that Voluntarily State Funds on Spend No State Spend State Funds Desegregation Per Funds on on Desegregation Court Order Desegregation California Arkansas Alabama Connecticut | Delaware Alaska Massachusetts Michigan Arizona Minnesota Missouri Colorado New York Ohio Florida Washington Georgia Wisconsin Hawaii Idaho lllinois Indiana iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana 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 RCV BY :MOLLER HORTON FIQ@BERG: 9-24-92 : 3:29PM CITT ECM-HARTE 'ONNECT [CUT : # la ™ He RION ‘@ oa 73-02 i rh 22M CCITT ECM-HARTEQRD CONNECTICUT A A CLASSIFICATION OF STATES BY STATE LEGISLATION, REGULATION ~~ OR BOARD POLICY STATEMENTS ENCOURAGING OR REQUIRING i) SCHOOL DESEGREGATION OR SCHOOL RACIAL BALANCE eee E——— i, States with Specific States with Desegregation Non -Specific States with Goals Policies No Policies | Connecticut | Arkansas Alabama Michigan Ilinois Alaska Washington lowa Arizona Massachusetts California* Minnesota Colorado Nevada Delaware New Jersey Florida New York Georgia Ohio Hawaii Pennsylvania |daho Rhode Island Indiana Virginia Kansas Wisconsin Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska New Hampshire New Mexico North Carolina North Dakota Oklahoma Oregon South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wyoming * California continues to fund schoal desegregation plans out of the state budget although the law regulating school desegregation expired. Tal WHITE NO-SHOW RATES AT MINORITY SCHOOLS IN SMALL* AND LARGE* AREA SCHOOL DISTRICTS 1971, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981 100% 80% |- 60% 45% 40% 20% | % W H I T E E N R O L L M E N T LO SS 0% 46Sq.M. 56Sq.M. 455SqM. 459SqM. 710SqM. 5% Boston {/] Stockton [ii] Sav-Chatham [J Baton Rouge Jl L.A. * Boston, 1975; Stockton, CA, 1977. * Chatham Co, GA, 1971; Los Angeles, CA, 1978; Baton Rouge, LA, 1981. S i a f t l 12 1 L H A N O D ( R A O C A I A V H = I R D 1 1. 1L 1I DD F a — S C O W N S I E A N Lf N O L N O H A: TT 10 I: We A D k r P E R C E N T A G E 100% 80% 60% 20% 0% g%] SURVEY % [° ESTIMATED LOSS [7] SURVEY % || ACTUAL LOSS % OF WHITE PARENTS WHO WOULD DEFINITELY OR PROBABLY WITHDRAW CHILD FROM PUBLIC SCHOOL IF REASSIGNED TO MINORITY SCHOOL V. ACTUAL % LOSS HARTFORD METRO (568 Sq.M.) 45% LOS ANGELES (710 SQ.M.) "Y u S e l — T E E T i f y . y G A A L H I N N O D O L M I S L L T D D 3 R E WT P O N E N T N O L ii n, ¥ i d tO me {w y § | SL E R V T OM EN TT IO IN : AS E AD DY £3 oe 34 w e l t s LE an Bl SUS) ' Tew! 1 JING J dN CUD =» ® PERCENTAGE OF WHITE PARENTS WHO RESPOND THEY WOULD DEFINITELY OR PROBABLY SEND CHILD TO PRIVATE SCHOOL OR MOVE AWAY IF MANDATORILY REASSIGNED TO MINORITY SCHOOL ACTUAL NO-SHOW HARTFORD LOS RATE~-LOS _ METRO ANGELES ANGELES YEAR 1991 1976 1978 SQ.MILES 568 710 710 % OF PARENTS | 51%] i 62% | | sem) RC) BY : MOLLER HORTON 1 NEBERG - 9-24-92 : 3:23PM CCITT ECM-HARTFORD CONNECTICUT: # PERCENTAGE OF PARENTS OF EACH RACE OPPOSING MANDATORY REASSIGNMENT OF STUDENTS FOR PURPOSES OF IMPROVING SCHOOL INTEGRATION ACTUAL NO-SHOW HARTFORD LOS RATE-LOS SMSA ANGELES ANGELES WHITE 71% 86% 356% NONWHITE 33% 31% TOTAL % CHANGE IN WHITE ENROLLMENT FROM TWO YEARS BEFORE IMPLEMENTATION TO T+11 10% | - 20% I -30% -50% 44% gg » IN LARGE AND SMALL AREA DISTRICTS < 35% MINORITY TOTAL % WHITE ENROLLMENT CHANGE - 0% 0% -10% -20% ~| -30% -40% 50% Fo aT {aa c Bo TR EE SEF B W VO y i t = - S P E O N I N A N O L O N M T T JO IN : AS E A D IB Small-Mand.Reass. [5] Large-Mand.Reass. || No Deseg. Plans (70Sq.M) (439 Sq.M) ~ & ~ - i - = — C = Net 2 Net bv. 2 -Z 1 — i Ne rs 3 ar TOTAL % CHANGE IN WHITE ENROLLMENT FROM TWO YEARS BEFORE IMPLEMENTATION TO T+11 » IN LARGE AND SMALL AREA DISTRICTS > 35% MINORITY TOTAL % WHITE ENROLLMENT CHANGE % 0% : 7 i . li 7 10% : YL NO H M T T I O N : A S AO N 1 M ) a d ™ a Go O M E N TAT NC -80% - ———| 30% 40% [tle hs -40% 42% - 50% | HR hE a I : : 51% 5 ! w» 60% la cade oh OE 65% : Z “70% 70% 8 Bl small-Mand.Reass. &J Large-Mand.Reass. No Deseg. Plans a (42 SQ.M.) (701 Sq.M.) be F W — r s WHITE ENROLLMENT CHANGE AS % OF T-4 ENROLLMENT IN LARGE AND SMALL DISTRICTS < 35% MINORITY WHITE ENROLLMENT CHANGE AS % OF T-4 ENROLLMENT 120% —_ —— N O I A T KH AS E A D I M T ) « d = J ON H O M I C E I N T 110% 0 100% AE lh T P I a i J | i E | a k RL a i } 8 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% B30 dH 0. + YI EE 44 45 +6 +7 F830 +10 +11 YEARS BEFORE AND AFTER DESEG. IMPLEMENTATION (70 Sq.M.) (439 Sq.M.) r a 04 # + L I L L Y I N N O N O L N Y H - I C Y H L L 3 D WHITE ENROLLMENT CHANGE AS % OF T-4 ENROLLMENT IN LARGE AND SMALL DISTRICTS > 35% MINORITY WHITE ENROLLMENT CHANGE AS % OF T-4 ENROLLMENT » 120% 120% 100% i a SHE oR WER CR Ee aE Fo) 00% 80% | Nf 1 60% | 40% DE SE G. YE AR 20% | i i i | | | i { | J ; | 20% » 8 Zw Oh $2 AB 44 #5 +B T4800 +11 YEARS BEFORE AND AFTER DESEG. IMPLEMENTATION (42 SQM) (701 Sq.M.) o y L T F 1 4 1 3 L O A N T HT N O L A O H N I T I O N : AH A D -6 { j m | I [o d S T i IF a 6 G - b a 13 4 L a In ti P e l t a e C re ~ — L = = ~ 8 z< < ro C ap i Z 5 he 3 bad £ —- — WH IT E E N R O L L M E N T (T ho us an ds ) WHITE ENROLLMENT TRENDS IN SAVANNAH i ne - Phases lI . Mandatory Plan 4 fone y 4 f Actual % White : c 7 a Se w/ Vol. Plan: 40% 5 Mie. Implem. of Vol. Plan By o 3 “a oe S -—a _— - TE. WT - ® ? Si rE % a Predicted % White = wf Mand. Plan: 33% 0 L = l f I ] 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 YEARS a ) ~ ~ M A I O : AL L A D _ — — GR O R a : D N A T A N LT N O L O AE a ey) Po SN To LAT LE E r a e H Y h e OR 4 T g g e ~ ~ a =z i = x ~~ = > ~~ ing z Z p= ln :--2 yu | 81 i & + WHITE ENROLLMENT TRENDS 7-2 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 T+3 31820 27575 22384 50462 19221 15846 8773 25154 82446 27833 81021 35764 57662 51928 56109 26924 30558 10060 15357 18658 25750 66515 15785 35222 24099 17054 120729 43593 27135 16138 119726 42436 25364 40346 24304 25673 25287 20975 43301 16444 12428 7394 21643 68855 26609 70686 33429 51843 50656 50346 25688 23681 8396 13243 15107 25566 48454 15199 36326 23299 14839 111184 39267 23244 27514 25080 20431 40141 16033 11718 7046 21138 66496 25933 65973 33836 50021 49244 48584 25851 19479 7845 12528 13284 25222 45050 14308 36996 22506 14752 107216 38007 22367 21490 T+9 T+10 20850 24901 19848 33060 14848 10316 5997 18546 63211 23763 64331 34807 43805 44795 45785 24326 16602 7752 11703 12019 26619 35406 13220 36235 20087 15115 94161 34406 33382 19736 19046 % WHITE ENROLLMENT CHANGE TRENDS T+11-7-2 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%