Liddell by Liddell v. Board of Educ. of City of St. Louis, AFL-CIO

Page 324

20 F.3d 324

90 Ed. Law Rep. 572

Michael C. LIDDELL, a minor, by Minnie LIDDELL, his mother and next friend; Kendra Liddell, a minor, by Minnie Liddell, her mother and next friend; Minnie Liddell Roderick D. LeGrand, a minor, by Lois LeGrand, his mother and next friend; Lois LeGrand; Clodis Yarber, a minor, by Samuel Yarber, his father and next friend; Samuel Yarber Earline Caldwell; Lillie Caldwell; Gwendolyn Daniels National Association for the Advancement of Colored People United States of America; City of St. Louis, Plaintiffs, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the CITY OF ST. LOUIS; John P. Mahoney, President, Board of Education of the City of St. Louis; Penelope Alcott, a member of the Board of Education; Marjorie R. Smith, a member of the Board of Education; Earl E. Nance, Jr., a member of the Board of Education; Thomas F. Bugel, a member of the Board of Education; Louis P. Fister, a member of the Board of Education; Nancy L. Hagan, a member of the Board of Education; Earl P. Holt, III, a member of the Board of Education; Shirley M. Kiel, a member of the Board of Education; Gwendolyn A. Moore, a member of the Board of Education; Dr. Joyce M. Thomas, a member of the Board of Education; Rufus Young, Jr.; Julius C. Dix; David J. Mahan, Interim Superintendent of Schools, Defendants, Ronald Leggett, St. Louis Collector of Revenue, Defendant, State of Missouri; Mel Carnahan, Governor of the State of Missouri; Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Attorney General; Bob Holden, Treasurer; Richard A. Hanson, Commissioner of Administration; Robert E. Bartman, Commissioner ofEducation; Missouri State Board of Education; Roseann Bentley, Member of the Missouri State Board of Education; Raymond McCallister, Jr., member of the Missouri State Board of Education; Susan D. Finke, member of the Missouri State Board of Education; Thomas R. Davis, member of the Missouri State Board of Education; Gary M. Cunningham, member of the Missouri State Board of Education; Rebecca M. Cook, member of the Missouri State Board of Education; Sharon M. Williams, member of the Missouri State Board of Education; Peter F. Herschend, member of the Missouri State Board of Education; Jacqueline D. Wellington, member of the Missouri State Board of Education, Defendants-Appellees, Special School District of St. Louis County; Affton Board of Education; Bayless Board of Education; Brentwood Board of Education; Clayton Board of Education; Ferguson-Florissant Board of Education; Hancock Place Board of Education; Hazelwood Board of Education; Jennings Board of Education; Kirkwood Board of Education; LaDue Board of Education; Lindbergh Board of Education; Maplewood-Richmond Heights Board of Education; Mehlville Board of Education; Normandy Board of Education; Parkway Board of Education; Pattonville Board of Education, Defendants, Ritenour Board of Education, Defendant-Appellant, Riverview Gardens Board of Education; Rockwood Board of Education; University City Board of Education; Valley Park Board of Education; Webster Groves Board of Education; Wellston Board of Education; St. Louis County; Buzz Westfall, County Executive; James Baker, Director of Administration, St. Louis County, Missouri; Robert H. Peterson, Collector of St. Louis County "Contract Account," St. Louis County, Missouri, Defendants, St. Louis Teachers' Union, Local 420, AFT, AFL-CIO. Intervenor.

No. 93-1611.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Submitted March 8, 1994.

Decided March 29, 1994.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was Mark Bremer of St. Louis, MO. Appearing on the brief was John Gianoulakis.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was Michael J. Fields of Jefferson City, MO. Appearing on the brief were Bart A. Matanic and John J. Lynch.

Before McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge, HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and FAGG, Circuit Judge.

HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

The Ritenour School District appeals from a decision of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri holding that Ritenour is not entitled to any portion of the cost of completing the renovation...