Case Name: Caroline HARVEST et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION MANATEE COUNTY, FLORIDA, et al., Defendants-Appellants-Cross Appellees, v. Jerome PRATT et al., Intervenors-Appellees-Cross Appellants
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1970-06-26
Citations: 429 F.2d 414
Docket Number: No. 29425
Parties: Caroline HARVEST et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION MANATEE COUNTY, FLORIDA, et al., Defendants-Appellants-Cross Appellees, v. Jerome PRATT et al., Intervenors-Appellees-Cross Appellants.
Judges: Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and MORGAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 429
Pages: 414–416

Head Matter:
Caroline HARVEST et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION MANATEE COUNTY, FLORIDA, et al., Defendants-Appellants-Cross Appellees, v. Jerome PRATT et al., Intervenors-Appellees-Cross Appellants.
No. 29425.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
June 26, 1970.
David K. Deitrich, Robert L. Scott, Bradenton, Fla., for School Board.
Gerald Mager, Legal Counsel to the Governor, Tallahassee, Fla., for Claude R. Kirk, Jr., amicus curiae.
Jerome Pratt, pro se, and Earl M. Johnson, Jacksonville, Fla., for intervenors Pratt and others.
Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit, III, Norman J. Chachkin, Drew S. Days, III, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellees.
Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and MORGAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The issue on this appeal is not whether the district court selected the best possible plan for unitizing the Manatee County School System but rather whether that court abused its discretion by adopting an unworkable plan or one based on an incorrect legal standard. See Carter v. West Feliciana Parish School Board, 396 U.S. 290, 292, 90 S.Ct. 608, 24 L.Ed.2d 477, 479 (1970) (concurring opinion of Mr. Justice Harlan). Expressed in other terms the appellate question is: Did the district court invoke a remedy so extreme as to constitute an abuse of its discretion? However put, the answer clearly is: No.
The judgment of the district court is affirmed without prejudice to further consideration by the district court of the present student assignment plan in light of the experience gained since its implementation.