Demond Crawford v. Bill Honig, Larry P., by His Guardian Ad Litem, Lucille P. v. Wilson Riles, Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of California

37 F.3d 485 94 Ed. Law Rep. 1154 Demond CRAWFORD, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Bill HONIG, et al., Defendants-Appellees. LARRY P., by his Guardian ad Litem, LUCILLE P., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Wilson RILES, Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of California, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-16726. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 15, 1993. Decided Sept. 30, 1994. As Amended on Denial of Rehearing Jan. 6, 1995. Margaretta Wan Ling Lin, Public Advocates, Inc., San Francisco, CA, for plaintiffs-appellants. Barry A. Zolotar, California State Dept. of Educ., Sacramento, CA, for defendants-appellees. Mark J. Bredemeier, Landmark Legal Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri, Manuel S. Klausner, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiffs-appellees. Miriam R. Eisenstein, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for amicus. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before: POOLE, BEEZER, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. POOLE, Circuit Judge: 1 In this appeal, we consider whether the district court properly vacated the 1986 modification to its 1979 injunction in Larry P. v. Riles, 495 F.Supp. 926…