997 F.2d 1394
84 Ed. Law Rep. 122
Quintin ELSTON, a/k/a Augustus Elston, a/k/a Cardella
Elston; Rhonda Elston, a/k/a Augustus Elston, a/k/a
Cardella Elston; Tiffanie Elston, a/k/a Augustus Elston,
a/k/a Cardella Elston; Loretta Beavers, a/k/a Dorothy
Beavers; Lecorey Beavers, a/k/a Ronnie Beavers; Delicia
Beavers, a/k/a Dorothy Beavers; Kierston Ball, a/k/a
Gwynethe Ball; Darius Ball, a/k/a Gwynethe Ball; Roslyn
Cochran, a/k/a Johnnie Cochran; Jerrk Evans, a/k/a Kate
Evans; Damien Garrett, a/k/a Althea Garrett; Vernon
Garrett, a/k/a Estella Garrett; Kereyell Glover, a/k/a
Delilah Glover; Stephanie Y. Hill, a/k/a Connally Hill;
Ernest Jackson, a/k/a Rollen Jackson, a/k/a Helen Jackson;
Rayven Jackson, a/k/a Rollen Jackson, a/k/a Helen Jackson;
Carla Jones, a/k/a Willie Jones, a/k/a Bertha Jones;
Danielle Jones, a/k/a Donald Jones; Paul Jones, a/k/a
Willie Jones, a/k/a Bertha Jones; Datrea Morris, a/k/a
Robert Morris; Jeffery Morris, a/k/a Lela Morris; Quintin
Morris, a/k/a Robert Morris; Quinedell Mosley, a/k/a
Quinell Mosley; Quinton Morris, Willie Morris, Tonya
Shepard, a/k/a Mary Alice Jemison; Donyae Swain, a/k/a
Gwendolyn Swain; Kedrick Swain, a/k/a Gwendolyn Swain;
Terry Swain, a/k/a Gwendolyn Swain; Tiffani Swain, a/k/a
Gwendolyn Swain; Cora Tuck, a/k/a Louise Tuck; Jacques
Turner, a/k/a William Tuck, Jr., a/k/a Veronica Tuck;
Wendell Ware, a/k/a John W. Ware; Montina Williams, a/k/a
Angie Williams; Richard Williams, a/k/a Angie Williams,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
Torrance Beck, a/k/a Albert Beck, Jr., Plaintiff,
v.
TALLADEGA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION; Lance Grissett; Dan
Limbaugh; Watson; Gay Langley; Joseph Pomeroy;
Larry Morris; Beulah Garrett;
Talladega City Board of
Education,
Defendants-
Appellees.
No. 92-6033.
United States Court of Appeals,
Eleventh Circuit.
Aug. 13, 1993.
As Amended Aug. 31, 1993.
Cleophus Thomas, Jr., Anniston, AL, Janell M. Byrd, Washington, DC, Julius L. Chambers, Norman J. Chachkin, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants.
George C. Douglas, Jr., Gaines, Gaines & Gaines, Talladega, AL, O. Stanley Thornton, Wooten, Thornton, Carpenter, O'Brien & Lazenby, Talladega, AL, for defendants-appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
Before KRAVITCH and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and HILL, Senior Circuit Judge.
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs-appellants, who represent a class of black children and their parents residing in Talladega County, Alabama, brought this suit against the Talladega County Board of Education, its individual members, and the Talladega County School Superintendent (collectively referred to as "the Board").1 Plaintiffs challenge several actions the Board took in the course of its recent efforts to restructure its school system. They claim that in taking these actions, the Board violated the Fourteenth Amendment equal protection clause, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the United States Department of Education regulations promulgated pursuant to Title VI, the First Amendment, and Alabama Code § 36-12-40 ("the Alabama Open Records Act"), and committed breach of contract. The district court dismissed plaintiffs' First Amendment, breach of contract, and Alabama Code § 36-12-40 claims; refused to require defendants-appellees to provide discovery regarding any matter prior to the 1985-86 school year; denied plaintiffs' request to supplement the record on remand after a previous appeal; and, after a trial on the claims, decided that plaintiffs had failed to