Memorandum of Swann ET AL. in Response to Motion as to Scheduling and Apportionment of Time for Oral Argument
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IN THE
SUPREME CQURT OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER TERM, 1970
Nos. 444, 498, 281 and 349
MRS. ROBERT LEE MOORE, et al.,
Appellants,
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CHARLOTTE~MECKLENBURG BOARD OF EDUCATION, et al.
NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, et al.,
Appellants,
Vv.
JAMES E. SWANN, et al.
JAMES E. SWANN, et al.,
Petitioners,
Vv.
CHARIOTTE~-MECKLENBURG BOARD OF EDUCATION, et al.
CHARLOTTE-~-MECKLENBURG BOARD OF EDUCATION, et al.
Petitioners,
V.
JAMES E. SWANN, et al.
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MEMORANDUM OF JAMES E. SWANN, ET AL. IN RESPONSE
TO "MOTION AS TO SCHEDULING OF ORAL ARGUMENT AND
APPORTIONMENT OF TIME FOR ORAL ARGUMENT" FILED BY
MRS. ROBERT LEE MOORE, ET AL. IN NO. 444
AND
SUGGESTION THAT THIS COURT DOES NOT HAVE JURISDICTION
OF THE APPEAL IN THE MOORE CASE, NO. 444
James E. Swann, et al., by their attorneys, respectfully
submit the following memorandum in response to the motion filed
the appellants Moore, et al. in No. 444, reguesting that this
Court consolidate for argument cases Nos. 281, 349, 444 and 498,
and permit the appellants Moore, et al. to present argument first
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and to ke allotted time equal to that of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Board of Education and the original plaintiffs, Swann, et al.
We oppose the motion on the grounds that:
1. Moore v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education,
No. 444, 0.7. 1970,
are no parties asserting adverse or antagonistic claims and there
is no "case or controversy" as required by Article III of the
Constitution.
is not a truly adversary 2. Since the Moore case, No. 444,
called the Court's attention to the i
proceeding, no party has
fact that very probably this Court has no jurisdiction of the
direct appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1253 because the case was not
required by any statute to be heard by a three-judge district
court.
substantial ques- 3. The Moore case, No. 444, involves no
tions, as revealed by Appellants' Brief in that case which makes
an entirely inadmissible effort to collaterally attack the judg-
ments of the single district judge and of the Court of Appeals
for the Fourth Circuit in the case of Swann v,. Charlotte-
Mecklenburg Board of Education, No. 281, O.T. 1970, by using as
a vehicle a suit in which the Negro plaintiffs Swann, et al. are
not even named as parties.
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Statement of the Case
7 - ENO I wl FO VI ele Why IRR, arora. SAE Proceedings in Moore v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of
RA A+ NT 1 AA in ~ es 1 1077 Education, No. 444, October Term, 1970.
Unlike the other three cases now pending here involving the
desegregation of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg public schools--
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is a feigned or collusive suit in which there
Nos. 281, 349 and 498--all of which began as original actions in
the United States District Court, the Moore case began in a
North Carolina state court. Its beginning was unusual to say the
least. The complaint was filed in the Superior Court of
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and an ex parte restraining
order was immediately issued by Judge Frank W. Snepp at 10:16
p.m. on Sunday night, February 22, 1970. (See A. 3-8, complaint;
A. 19, restraining order; A. 31 with respect to filing on Sunday
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night}.
At the time the Moore case was filed and the state court
injunction issued, the Swann case had been in litigation in the
United States District Court for the Western District of North
Carolina for nearly five years. The full history of the Swann
case is set forth in Petitioners' Brief in Swann, No. 281, O.T.
1970 on file in this Court. Two weeks before the filing of
Moore the district judge in the Swann case had issued a de
gation order requiring implementation of a plan to desegregate
the schools during the then current school semester. That order
a of February 5, 1970, appears at 311 F. Supp. 205 (W.D. N.C.
1970). On February 20, 1970, the district judge in Swann
requested that a three-judge court be convened to consider the
Swann plaintiffs' application for injunctive relief to restrain
certain state officials and the local school board from enforcing
the North Carolina anti-bussing law (N.C. Gen. Stats. section
1 115-176.1) on tte ground that it violated the Fourteenth Amend-
i bo ment. The Swann plaintiffs had also requested an injunction to
1l/ Citations are to the Appendix in No. 444 " (A. )* unless
otherwise indicated as citations to the Appendix in No. 281 (A.
No. 281,00. 1),
stay another suit filed in the North Carolina state court--Harris
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v. Self--by some of the same counsel representing the Moore
plaintiffs. The resident federal district judge on February 20
requested that this matter also be referred to the requested
three-judge court stating that the practical effect of the state
court injunctions obtained in Harris v. Self "may be to delay or
defeat compliance with the orders of this United States Court"
(A. No. 281, pp. 845a-847a).
Against this background, the Moore complaint was filed late 0
on a Sunday night. The complaint was brought as a class action
1 behalf of parents and children of the district naming as
defendants only the Charlotte~M sok lenbuiy Board of Education and
the Superintendent of Schools. The complaint alleged that the
school system was already a racially unitary school system in
compliance with Brown v. Board of Education, but that the Board
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and Superintendent were "under pressure of a Court directive ...
about to implement" a plan under which pupils would be assigned
on the basis of their race and color. It was alleged that this
action the board was about to take under order of the federal
district court violated the rights of the Moore plaintiffs under
the Fourteenth Amendment, the North Carolina Constitution, sec-
tions 401 (b) and 407 (a) (2) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42
U.8.C. 2000c{b), and 42 U.S.C. 2000c-56{a)), and N.C. Gen. Stats,
section 115-176.1. The theory of the complaint was that the
desegregation plan ordered by the federal district court violated
the requirement of the Brown case that admission to public
schools be non-racial by taking race into consideration in
accomplishing desegregation of the schools. The Superior Court
of Mecklenburg County was asked to thus restrain the school
authorities in Charldte-Mecklenburg from carrying out the deseg-
regation plan ordered by the United States District Court on
| February 5, 1970. The complaint prayed only for an order:
... restraining and enjoining the defendants from
instituting or implementing or putting into opera-
tion or effect, or expending any public funds upon,
any plan or program under which the children named
above, or any children in the City of Charlotte
or Mecklenburg County are denied access to any
Charlotte-Mecklenburg public school because of
their race or color or are compelled to attend
any prescribed Charlotte~Mecklenburg public
school because of their race or color.
The complaint made no request for an injunction restraining the
enforcement of any statute, either state or federal.
1 i As we have indicated, at 10:16 p.m. on Sunday, February 22,
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Superior Court Judge Snepp issued an injunction in precisely th
terms requested by the Moore plaintiffs as quoted above (A. 19-
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by Judce Snepp. Judge McMillan wrote that:
On Friday, February 27, 1970, the defendant
Board of Education had a meeting. Without any
inguiry of this court, the Board staff were
instructed to comply with the state court order
and to stop work on compliance with the order
previously entered by this Court (A. 31).
Also on February 27, the board filed a petition removing the Moore case to the federal district court. The removal peti-
tion alleges that the case was removable because the federal
court "has original jurisdiction, in that rights or claims of
rights arising out of the Constitution and laws of the United
States, statutes of the United States and other rights are allecd
in the complaint ..." (A. 21). Immediately and on the same date
--February 27, 1970--the Swann plaintiffs moved in that case for
an order adding the Moore plaintiffs, their attorneys, Messrs.
Booe and Blakeney, and Judge Snepp as defendants in the Swann
case, and for an order restraining them from taking any further
frustrate the orders in the Swann case. The Swann plaintiffs
also moved for a temporary restraining order against these par-
ties and the school beard and that the school board be held in
civil contempt for its action in directing the school staff not
to carry out the district court's desegregation orders.
On February 28, all counsel were notified that a hearing
would be held in the federal district court on March 2 on
) motions to set aside the effect of Judge Snepp's order. "Coun-
sel for plaintiffs in the Moore case did not appear, but sent
word through secretaries by telephone that they were occupied
On March 2, 1970, the school board filed a pleading with
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the district court asserting that the order of Judge Snepp con-
flicted with the district court orders and placed the board in a
dilemma, that the constitutionality of the North Carolina anti-
bussing law and certain provisions of the Civil Rights Act of
1964 was involved, and requested a “three-judge court to pass on
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the case. On the same day, March 2, the Moore plaintiffs also
filed a motion in the district court seeking an injunction. This
motion asserted that the school board might be deemed authorized
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to implement the desegregation plan ordered by the district court
under a proviso in the North Carolina anti-bussing law walch
states that school boards may assign a pupil outside his attend-
ance zone "for any other reason which the board of education in
its sole discretion deems sufficient." The Moore plaintiffs
prayed for an order enjoining the board from enforcing this pro-
viso on the ground that the proviso "as thus applied and imple-
mented is unconstitutional," and asked for the convening of a
statutory three-judge court. There was no request that the com-
plaint be amended.
On March 6, the district court entered an order (A. 31-33)
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which ruled that the order of Judge Snepp was "suspended and held in abeyance and of no force and effect pending the final determi-
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issues which will be presented to the three-judge court on March |
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March 24. Subsequently, the district judge formally requested a
three-judge court for the Moore case (A. 38) and such a court was |
designated (A. 39). |
On March 23, the school board filed an answer admitting all
of the allegations of the complaint. On March 23, the Moore
plaintiffs served several requests for admissions on the school
board. The school board answered this request by admitting all
the matters requested by the Moore plaintiffs on the same day, !
March 23, 1970. The various pleadings filed in the Moore case
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were not served on the Swann plaintiffs.
When the case was heard by the three-judge court both
parties to the Moore case argued to the three-judge court that
the North Carolina anti-bussing law was valid and that the orders
of the single district judge in Swann should be set aside. The
hearing was consolidated with argument in the Swann case. On
April 29, 1970, the three-judge court filed its decision (A. 44-
62) now reported at 312 P. Supp. 503 (W.D. N.C. 1970). The court
held that the anti-bussing law was unconstitutional in violation
of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Supremacy Clause, in an
opinion written to cover both the Swann and Moore cases. Subse-
quently, the final judgment of the three-judge court--also
entered in both the Swann and Moore cases--declared two sentences
in the anti-bussing law unconstitutional and provided that "all
parties" were enjoined "from enforcing, or seeking the enforce-
ment of, the foregoing portion of the statute.”
Three notices of appeal were filed from this final judgment
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Q une 22, 1970: an appeal by the Moore plaintiff 0 or
here as No. 444, an appeal by the North Carolina State Board of
Education (a party in the Swann case) docketed hers as No. 498,
and an appeal by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
which was never docketed in this Court. However, the Charlotte-
appellee in Moore ths board has urged that this Court grant
review of the case; (2) the board has also made a motion seeking
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to join in the appeal of the North Carolina State Board of
Education in No. 498.
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II.
The Moore Case Involves No Adversary Parties
and Thus Present 8 No Casz2 or Controversy.
The jurisdiction of this Court is restricted to cases and
controversies within the meaning of Article III of the Constitu-
tion. Muskrat v, United States, 219 U.8. 346 (1911). In addi-
tion, this Court has developed a number of rules limiting its
consideration of constitutional contentions brought here for
decision. See, e.g., Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority,
297 U.S. 288, 341, 346 (1936) (concurring opinion). One of the
principal requisites for constitutional adjudication is that there]
be adverse claims--"an honest and actual antagonistic assertion
of rights by one individual against another." Ck
v, Wellman, 143 U.S. 339, 344, 345 (1892). The leading cases
involving the requirement of adversity are collected in Poe v.
Ullman, 367 U.S. 497, 303-507 (1961). Mr. Justice Prankfurter's
opinion in Poe states:
his principle was given early application and
has been recurringly enforced in the Court
refusal to en ntertain cases which disclosed a want
of a truly adversary contest, of a col Lllision of
actively asserted and differing claims. See,
e.g., Cleveland v. Chamberlain (US) 1 Black 419,
17 L ed 93; American Wood-Paper Co. v. Heft (US)
8 Wall 333, 19 IL ed 378. Such cases may not be
"collusive" in the derogatory sense of Lord v.
Veazie (US) 8 How. 251, 12 L ed 1067--in the
an colorable disputes
secure an advantageo ruling from C ;
See Soutl oe ing Hill Gold Min. Co. v. Amador
Medean Gold Min. Co. 145 US 300, 301 ed 712,
12 5S Ct-921., The Court has found for adjudi
cation any cause that "is not in ¢ sense
adversary," that "does not assume honest and
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adjudicated--a safeguard essen intag-
i rity of the judicial process, and one which w= [4
have held to be indispensable to adjudication
of constitutional questions by this Court.
United States v. Johnson, 319 U.S. 302, 303,
87 L. ed 1413, 1415, 63-8 Ct 1075,
(367 U.S. at 505.)
| appellees (the school board and school superintendent) have
argued at every stage of the proceeding that the court-ordered
desegregation plan was not constitutionally required, that it
conflicted with the state anti-bussing law, and that the latter
act was a valid exercise of state power. No party in the Moore |
case argues any other viewpoint. Furthermore, it is obvious
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party obtained relief in the Moore case--who won? See our dis-
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such a rule is all the more appropriate in this case since all
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ause as
resaencel.
appa rent.
we ha
serious doubts about
ly removed to that court
The
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val of actions
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YOVEX SV e
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been no fin
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arse
mal
d
28.0.8.C. §1343 (3) but the Moore
a claim. Although the Moore
that the school board is violatir
rights, there is probably no suf
is depriving the plaintiffs of
statute, ordinance, regul on,
sufficient color ate all
we noted
the matter, for
that the district
the Moore case and that the
from the state court.
single-judge district
1s; they will not be
above there
issues are discussed
rm Pal Fal “ad
a. 23 vo JIS. € =G i <3 ntended to
of
n the
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Pe [5.0 wm mp dmg A An po i
diversity, Aamiralty,
specifically alleges that the sc was acting 1 3y the
uls of the federal rather than under any stat
There is a possibility that the case might
removable under the civil rights removal :
That prov. sion permits removal of actions c 11
court "For any under color of authority derived from any lav
providing for il rights, or for refusing to 40 any act on the
ground that it would be inconsistent with such law." It mig he
been asserted in
sued for obeying
=
— fe
a to
the rer moval petition
aderal court order
board
a
that the
issued in
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This Court has jurisdiction over direct appeals from orders
granting or denying an injunction "in any civil action, suit or
proceeding required by any Act of Congress to be heard and deter-
mined by a district court of three judges.” 28 U.5.C. §1253.
Under Section 1253 a direct appeal is permissible only where
a three-judge court is required and not merely where three-judges
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actually decide a case. Phillips v. United States, 312 U.S. 24
i (1941); Swift & CO. V. Wickham, 282 U.8.:111 (1965).
A three-judge court was not required in the Moore case
by either 28 U.S.C. Section 2281 or 2282. With respect to Section
2282 it is plain that the complaint did not seek any injunction
inst "any Act of Congress for repugnance to the Constitution A) age (
of the United States." On the contrary the complaint asserted
| that the only federal statute mentioned -- the Civil Rights Act
of 1964 -- supported the plaintiffs' claims. This Court's
Boris a ¥ 7 ov = NE ows ges od 3 37 + ] 1 Gr El ze en | decision in Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez, 372 U.S. 44 (1963) makes | NS Ys St ei Rd Soll HAR . . . - . -“ - ~ eh - J. hd Wo 4 a Lr
junction against a federal statute 1s sought. It is not enough
i ny that the validity of a federal law or policy be merely implicated
in the case if there is no real request for an injunction against
hus it is immaterial for jurisdictional 1 [1
the federal statute. J;
purposes that the school board has argued (A. 26-30) that the n
district court desegregation order in the Swann case can be
upheld only if the provisions of the 1964 Civil Rights Act are
declared unconstitutional. The point is that neither party ever
i ol s gy ra = 3 nal ak
sought any such injunction. Both parties attacked the district
court's desegregation order relying on the state and feceral
statutes.
A 3 ROR PIE ~~ =] Mga, SIGH Sap a a Ta ~ 2 & C { a law providing for equal rights i.e. 42 U.S. |
- 2 : y : ws ny v's 3 ome ogg yn to a Ae _—— “ Temes vmeamasrah la
C. §1983 is the basis for Swann -- and thus the case was removable
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1 r .. $3 = | With respect to §2281 we point out five requisites for a
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three-judge court which are settled by this court's decisions: l. There must be a request for an injunction to res
the enforcement of a "state statute." Bx Parte Collins, 277 U.S. Ra —
565 (1928); Ex Parte Bransford, 310 U.S. 354 (1940). |
2. The injunction must be sought "upon the ground of the
unconstitutionality of such statute.” Swift & Co. v. Wickham
ct 4
382 U.8. 111 (1965).
1st seek to restrain an "officer of such
3 & Flectric Co. v. Oklahoma Packing Co.,
292 U.85. 386 (1934).
4. The suit must seek an injunction on the ground that the
statute itself is unconstitutional and not merely on the ground
! - $= - ¢ for oy ey de “te NEYO TS J 1 — a TTY ~ fee oy of de AT TTY YY VY ve that a statute has been used in an unconstitutional nanner.
Ya, 310 U.S © 354, 3 61 (1240) ©
5. The suit must attack a law of statewide application and |
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not merely a local use of the statute by a local agency . Y
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{| V. Count Y School Board of in Ou Cy 17 U.8. 218 pedal LL lj 200: B08 OF Lx |
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| for a three-judge court under 28 U.S.C. §228l. We examine the
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The complaint filed by the Moore plaintiffs did not meet either
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the first or second requisites. There was no claim or even any |
| TR Vy MILT PR x I Ty lett, gin, en oy : J Avr +hat ans PT TN I | suggestion that any state law should be enjoined or that any state
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| asserted, the validity of the state anti-busing law and that it
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The school board's answer sought no injunction but merely
dismissal of the case. The board's application for an injunctive
order (A. 26) does not indicate who it is that the board seeks to enjoin. The district court interpreted it as a request that the state court restraining order be dissolved. Even if it is
construed as a request for an injunction against the Moore
plaintiffs seeking to enforce the anti-busing act it would not
be the basis for a three-judge court because Moore, et al., are
not state officers, and thus the third requisite stated above is |
relief ultimately granted by the district court. That court in-
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The requisites for a three-judge court are not met by the
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dicated in its opinion that it would grant only a declaratory iS - % Y
judgment (A. 61) and would deny injunctive relief. Later that
portion of the opinion was withdrawn after the Court exchanged
CA Se SLR OE BO Ihe Rl, WE <n £5 Far A DR a i pk LR ee a Th Ye a el i
COX respOoniance wl th all counsel seck INO CNET Views With respect i
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i Judgment. This Court has settled that the declaration alone
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398 U.S. 427 (1970). The Court below finally entered a general 2 wy yr vs pede 3 ra Le. Ee, TOE NEEL | LI Ten en Er a Remsen, Menlo Shr: aed
injunction s ACTING merely that “All parcies axYe hereony enjoined
ws arta SI ST i TOR % TEI LAE y doe £ $i Tu I re i i a ~ from enforcing, or seeking the enforcement of, the foregoing
| apply to both Moore and Swann. As applied to Moore it is ob- | 210C 2wann Pl MOoxre amar
I vives Tx mw IE Ee Si a EN IN Xa
vious ly an order against the Moore pl AINTIILIS, WHO afe noc. scale eo : Foe ed 2 ye y ~ es " hs ‘ Fao myn gay or Ty ut OME. ~ ‘7 gp | officers, and thus the order does not require a three-judge court.|
71] § ~~ ~ —" 3 = 74 al ak x B= ty a am a wx "3 fo - 317% Y= y Ee « + The order cannot reasonably be construed as an injunction against
{ the school board in the Moore case, forthe board could not obtain
an injunction against itself and the Moore plaintifis never
y 1 <A a tr gl i cut iS goat ey oll ie Foy, FREES Be TRIE rhe 24 pk Vina ede sought any such order against the school board. One party must
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Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954) and 349 U.S8.294
have won the Moore case. Apparently the prevailing party in
Moore was the school board. Of course the board was simultaneous
ly enjoined in the Swann case at the behest of Swann et al. and
directed to carry out the desegregation order without regard to
the anti-busing law. (The difficulty in ascertaining who -- if
anyone -- won the Moore case nicely underlines the point we have
made about lack of adverse parties.)
Finally the Moore plaintiffs!application for an injunctive
order filed in the district court on March 2, 1970 (A. 23-25) does - a
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not meet the requisites for a three-judge court. This motion
is a rather curious document. In its first four paragraphs it
4 oy vie Sr ona he wy 4
asserts tha ct
the state anti-busing law (N.C -Gen. Stat. §115~17 (0
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provides that no pupils shall be excluded from or assigned to
any school on a racial basis; that this law is in harmony with
TO0K8K « +h ves adage al NOVI NT Tes mY Thame Te wy yg A Ty ym 2T a - (1955); that the statute also contains a proviso authorizing a
to make assignments of pupils
pr 3 Th a4 1 y! T ~~ ~y —- 1 2% a JIA ary vere = da em | and that the school board was planning to implement a desegrgation!
plan under which pupils will be assigned on the basis of race. The
The
Fifth paragraph states:
i deemed that in such
a are authorized |
a foresaid proviso
i which permits
E ssign school children
i nts that in such |
xr blication, however,
t] s with the
S pecificalls
the P rteenth Ame |
to the Constitution, as interpreted |
by the Supreme Court of the United :
the case of Brown v. Board of Education, re- |
ferred to above, 347 U.S. 483 and 349 U.S. 294."
(A.24).
doer
It is entirely obvious upc
the Moore motion for
portion of the statute which the
is merely a
away from the
lan -- and before
Oo bt
ND
po
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f
e
d
attorneys for the
a Toe =f we
SEeexl McMillan
transparent
any fu
hy My TOR WO CE I I Er IE oh el ty “4 Abpeliantct's Brier in this Court
— fl oat Un W
J 8S STace
that
However, the court need
“1 a . -
forum shoppai
oe 7% 5 ry She
J uc 1ge eS Court
3: : ka " $e 3 INR. Rat py il provisc giving the board discret E 2
amanad
fe ym i 1
forum sho
resident
other
1e face of the pleading and is
Moore
recused
yp fin : "1 TTY 0 YT TYNE SST Ty ee oe
COUrt 1nNjunclLion cjalins
a case rec
examining this pleading that
injunctive relief against a
Moore plaintiffs rely upon in
Pping device in an effort
district judge --
judges. This is entirely
confirmed by the
nade motions
or removed from the HR (D (D
a
y
Fe
ng
tt
D, beca aul 1 is os
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ny on Try oy Tv 23 ~~ =3 7 Tryst] 73 An rvera
Ls that the boa Q sho ula nave
school
3 - — Ae 4 4-1
n was not adainst ctihHe
S 3F b= rer
r
h
~ 3 ~y wl RT . ny —
gdeclde wnetneyr a trans 4
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aocesno
Fe oS a un
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the statute oF
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Brcwn case. Thus no three-]
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motion complains only
the discretion giving law an
Thus no
pa ¥ 7 po TP | ao Sy an ~
v. County School Board or Princ
227-228(1964) .
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three-judge court is required under
» Fdward County,
equired under Ex Parte
als that the O clear
lecklenburg use of
statewide policy of
re
) -u
1. Griffin
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377. 0G.S. 218;
IV.
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The Moore Case Involves no Substantial Questions.
An examination of Appellants' Brief will reveal that the
Moore case presents no substantial questions. The greater por-
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tion of the brief consists of an effort to mount a collateral
attack on the decision of the Fourth Circuit and the single dis-
p
e
n trict judge ordering desegregation of the public schools. It
entirely inappropriate and inadmissible that a state court pro-
ceeding can be used to review the decision of a federal district
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a . +TFa A MA 7 ~ yp, BI i SES GIRS TR PTR | 7 be ET wn TY mn an ov 1 court as the Moore plaintiffs attempted. Bush v. Orleans Parish
School Board, 188 FP. Supp. 916,:925 (B.D, la, 1260), affirmed, 36%
| : ¥ = i Si a La 5 Pee ne . ai ae
| U.85. 569 (1961). They never attempted to intervene in the Swann |
! - ” ? LJ. SID. IE. Ly ~ pl Na ogi fy PC YY e Bw
! CASS in TH QlLSLricte Cour or To Lille ah anicus
Instead, they attempted to obstruct the district court oracer by
obtaining a late-Sunday-night ex
PR NE Sm i rg lal oii VIER I ERC le) Se mn at A vy § ey RS gh IE reputable tactics merit strong condemnation. The power of the
undoubted.
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1 - O Sty) BOA DMO ~ 3 i Wi, wn zy SIA "TS SOC Ws 7 EES TORO sy 2 I+ 3-1 ~y IO = y
ii Cooper, 284 F.284 808 (8th Clr. 1958); Meredith v, i 528 F.2
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Tl = t 41 A nal Cy i TT. Nh i GEIL Ja PAA i
The effort to relitigate Judge McMillan's desegregation
inasmuch
: Tova 29 ca SL orders in the M¢ore case 1s all
Nn
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ties to the Moore case, © nd could not Participate in making the
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Finally, the decision of the three-judge court holding the
anti-bussing law unconstitutional is firmly grounded in this
Court's decisions. The case is plainly controlled by Green v.
ounty School Board of New Kent County, 391 U.S. 430 (1968), for
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the reasons stated in the opinion below. The anti-bussing act
| disables school boards from performing their affirmative duty to
ll dismantle dual systems and desegregate the schools. The Moore
plaintiffs' argument that it violates the Brown decision to con-
sider race or utilize race in devising a desegregation plan is
obviously designed to prevent the dismantling of existing dual |
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7 2rd] nile: tn Pha vide oF ite unite jad systems. A board rendered "blind" to the race of its pupiis is |
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lismantling a dual segregated system and accomplish OQ
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ing desegregaibn. The district court found that Ffifty-fin S Jjreg
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percent of the public school pupils in North Carolina ride schoc
whe en he hn
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i buses every day and was extensive in Charlotte (A.
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No. 281, pp. 11%98a-1220a). The attempt to forbid the use OX
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these extensive tT ransportation Lacijicies in any oi FCuusS tance
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