DAVID M CFARLAND , Parent v. Jefferson County Public Schools

*The Honorable R. Leon Jordan, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, sitting by
designation.
RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION
Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206
File Name: 05a0309p.06
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
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DAVID M C FARLAND , Parent and Next Friend of
Stephen and Daniel McFarland; RONALD J EFFREY
PITTENGER , Parent and Next Friend of Brandon
Pittenger; ANTHONY UNDERWOOD , Custodial Parent
and Next Friend of Max Aubrey,
Plaintiffs,
CRYSTAL D. M EREDITH , Custodial Parent and Next
Friend of Joshua Ryan McDonald,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
J EFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ,
Defendant,
J EFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION ;
STEPHEN W. DAESCHNER , Superintendent,
Defendants-Appellees.
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No. 04-5897
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Kentucky at Louisville.
No. 02-00620—John G. Heyburn II, Chief District Judge.
Argued: June 9, 2005
Decided and Filed: July 21, 2005
Before: NORRIS and DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judges; JORDAN, District Judge.*
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COUNSEL
ARGUED: Teddy B. Gordon, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellant. Francis J. Mellen, Jr.,
WYATT, TARRANT & COMBS, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Teddy B.
Gordon, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellant. Francis J. Mellen, Jr., Byron E. Leet, WYATT,
TARRANT & COMBS, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellees. Amy D. Cubbage, Sheryl G.
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No. 04-5897 McFarland, et al. v. Jefferson County Public Schools, et al. Page 2
Snyder, Bridget H. Papalia, FROST, BROWN & TODD, Louisville, Kentucky, Morgan G.
Ransdell, KENTUCKY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, Louisville, Kentucky, Chester
Darling, CITIZENS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, Andover,
Massachusetts, Michael Williams, Robert J. Roughsedge, CITIZENS FOR THE
PRESERVATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, Boston, Massachusetts, Maya R. Kobersy,
John W. Borkowski, Maree Sneed, HOGAN & HARTSON, Washington, D.C., Albert H.
Kauffman, THE CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECT AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, Chinh Quang Le, NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATIONAL FUND, New
York, New York, for Amici Curiae.
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OPINION
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PER CURIAM. Plaintiff Crystal Meredith, on behalf of her son Joshua Ryan McDonald,
appeals the decision of the district court to uphold the student assignment plan of the Jefferson
County Public Schools, which includes racial guidelines. The district court concluded that the
assignment plan met the constraints of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
because the school board had a compelling interest to use the racial guidelines and applied them in
a manner that was narrowly tailored to realize its goals. McFarland v. Jefferson County Public
Schools, 330 F. Supp. 2d 834 (W.D. Ky. 2004).
Because the reasoning which supports judgment for defendants has been articulated in the
well-reasoned opinion of the district court, the issuance of a detailed written opinion by this court
would serve no useful purpose.
The judgment of the district court is affirmed.

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