Los Angeles Branch Naacp v. Los Angeles Unified School District

714 F.2d 946 13 Ed. Law Rep. 45 LOS ANGELES BRANCH NAACP, Beverly Hills-Hollywood NAACP, San Pedro-Wilmington NAACP, Watts NAACP, San Fernando Valley NAACP and Carson NAACP, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., Defendants, and California State Department of Education, Bill Honig, Superintendent of Public Instruction, in his official capacity, * and George Deukmejian, Governor, in his official capacity, * Defendants-Appellees. No. 81-5936. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 5, 1983. Decided Sept. 1, 1983. Peter Graham Cohn, NAACP, Eva Jefferson Paterson, San Francisco, Cal., Nancy B. Reardan, Sacramento, Cal., William Robinson, Norman Chachkin, Washington, D.C., Thomas I. Atkins, Brooklyn, N.Y., Teresa Demchak, Margrett Ford, New York City, Joseph H. Duff, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. G.R. Overton and Scott Rasmussen, Deputy Attys. Gen., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before ELY, GOODWIN and SNEED, Circuit Judges. SNEED, Circuit Judge: 1 The NAACP brought this class action against the California…