G. Hugh Wamble, Verline Cobbins Alma v. Burt Helen M. Hardiman Odessa Hill Mae...

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit March 18, 1998

G. Hugh Wamble, Verline Cobbins Alma v. Burt Helen M. Hardiman Odessa Hill Mae..., 139 F.3d 605 (8th Cir. 1998)

Opinion

G. Hugh WAMBLE, Plaintiff-Appellee,
Verline Cobbins; Alma V. Burt; Helen M. Hardiman; Odessa
Hill; Mae Bell Washington; Dorothy H. McDonald; Bernether
Macklin; Frank Calcote; Russel M. Bradly; Walter A. Reed;
Robert G. Parsons, Jr.; Roy A. Dickie; William C. Heck,
Jr.; Clarence E. Shockley; Clinton Smith; Mack E.
McCorkle; John A. Souris; Clyde Morton; Lee Shearer;
Paule H. Linhardt; August Trost; Roy E. Willey; Forrest
F. McBaine; Carl C. Desmond; Lyle Kenneth Vale; W. Carter
Durbin; Jack C. Collister; Eldon J. Cusic; Jack Furlong;
Dennis Hammontree; Thomas C. Hurt; Jim S. Noel; Duane C.
Purdy; Larry McCrory; Joseph E. Sheets, Jr.; Joseph E.
Stewart; Marcus W. Doughty, Intervenor Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
Ernest BOYER; Harmon R. Goldberg; John H. Rodriguez;
Joseph J. Vopelak; Blue Hills Homes Corporation; John P.
Cole; Richard W. Riley, Secretary of U.S. Department of
Education; United States Department of Justice, Defendants-Appellants,
Pauline Ferguson; Dempster Ferguson; Eddie Jimmons;
Bernice Jimmons; Neal Plantz; Rose Plantz; Delores
Snipes; Robert Torry; Rebecca Torry; Leon Vanderfeltz;
Rita Vanderfeltz; Raphael Zapien; Hope Zapien, Intervenor
Defendants-Appellants.
G. Hugh WAMBLE, Plaintiff-Appellee,
Verline Cobbins; Alma V. Burt; Helen M. Hardiman; Odessa
Hill; Mae Bell Washington; Dorothy H. McDonald; Bernether
Macklin; Frank Calcote; Russel M. Bradly; Walter A. Reed;
Robert G. Parsons, Jr.; Roy A. Dickie; William C. Heck,
Jr.; Clarence E. Shockley; Clinton Smith; Mack E.
McCorkle; John A. Souris; Clyde Morton; Lee Shearer;
Paule H. Linhardt; August Trost; Roy E. Willey; Forrest F.
McBaine; Carl C. Desmond; Lyle Kenneth Vale; W. Carter
Durbin; Jack C. Collister; Eldon J. Cusic; Jack Furlong;
Dennis Hammontree; Thomas C. Hurt; Jim S. Noel; Duane C.
Purdy; Larry McCrory; Joseph E. Sheets, Jr.; Joseph E.
Stewart; Marcus W. Doughty, Intervenor Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
Ernest BOYER; Harmon R. Goldberg; John H. Rodriguez;
Joseph J. Vopelak; Blue Hills Homes Corporation; John P.
Cole; Richard W. Riley, Secretary of U.S. Department of
Education; United States Department of Justice, Defendants,
Pauline Ferguson, Intervenor Defendant-Appellant,
Dempster Ferguson; Eddie Jimmons; Bernice Jimmons; Neal
Plantz; Rose Plantz, Intervenor Defendants,
Delores Snipes, Intervenor Defendant-Appellant,
Robert Torry; Rebecca Torry, Intervenor Defendants,
Leon Vanderfeltz; Rita Vanderfeltz; Raphael Zapien; Hope
Zapien, Intervenor Defendants-Appellants.

Nos. 97-3480, 97-3671.

United States Court of Appeals,
Eighth Circuit.

Submitted March 11, 1998.
Decided March 18, 1998.

Appeals from the United Stated District Court for the Western District of Missouri; Joseph E. Stevens, Jr., Judge.

Howard S. Scher, Washington, DC, argued (Frank W. Hunger, Stephen Lawrence Hill, Jr., and Michael Jay Singer, Washington, DC, on the brief), for Appellants Richard W. Riley, John P. Cole and Blue Hills Homes in No. 97-3480.

Emmet T. Flood, Washington, DEC, argued (Kevin T. Baine, Washington, DC, on the brief), for Appellants Hope Zapien, Raphael Zapien, Rita Vanderfeltz, Leon Vanderfeltz, Delores Snipes and Paula Ferguson in No. 97-3671.

Lee Boothby, Washington, DC, argued (Stephen Douglas Booney, Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for Appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, FAGG, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The court has considered the briefs of the parties and heard oral argument. Our decision is guided by the Supreme Court's recent decision in Agostini v. Felton, --- U.S. ----, 117 S.Ct. 1997, 138 L.Ed.2d 391 (1997). In light of Agostini, we conclude the injunction implemented by the district court in August 1985 enjoining the Secretary of Education from providing instructional services in private religious schools must be dissolved. We thus reverse the district court and remand this case with instructions to vacate the injunction.

Reference

Full Case Name: G. Hugh Wamble, Verline Cobbins Alma v. Burt Helen M. Hardiman Odessa Hill Mae Bell Washington Dorothy H. McDonald Bernether MacKlin Frank Calcote Russel M. Bradly Walter A. Reed Robert G. Parsons, Jr. Roy A. Dickie William C. Heck, Jr. Clarence E. Shockley Clinton Smith Mack E. McCorkle John A. Souris Clyde Morton Lee Shearer Paule H. Linhardt August Trost Roy E. Willey Forrest F. McBaine Carl C. Desmond Lyle Kenneth Vale W. Carter Durbin Jack C. Collister Eldon J. Cusic Jack Furlong Dennis Hammontree Thomas C. Hurt Jim S. Noel Duane C. Purdy Larry McCrory Joseph E. Sheets, Jr. Joseph E. Stewart Marcus W. Doughty, Intervenor v. Ernest Boyer Harmon R. Goldberg John H. Rodriguez Joseph J. Vopelak Blue Hills Homes Corporation John P. Cole Richard W. Riley, Secretary of U.S. Department of Education United States Department of Justice, Pauline Ferguson Dempster Ferguson Eddie Jimmons Bernice Jimmons Neal Plantz Rose Plantz Delores Snipes Robert Torry Rebecca Torry Leon Vanderfeltz Rita Vanderfeltz Raphael Zapien Hope Zapien, Intervenor G. Hugh Wamble, Verline Cobbins Alma v. Burt Helen M. Hardiman Odessa Hill Mae Bell Washington Dorothy H. McDonald Bernether MacKlin Frank Calcote Russel M. Bradly Walter A. Reed Robert G. Parsons, Jr. Roy A. Dickie William C. Heck, Jr. Clarence E. Shockley Clinton Smith Mack E. McCorkle John A. Souris Clyde Morton Lee Shearer Paule H. Linhardt August Trost Roy E. Willey Forrest F. McBaine Carl C. Desmond Lyle Kenneth Vale W. Carter Durbin Jack C. Collister Eldon J. Cusic Jack Furlong Dennis Hammontree Thomas C. Hurt Jim S. Noel Duane C. Purdy Larry McCrory Joseph E. Sheets, Jr. Joseph E. Stewart Marcus W. Doughty, Intervenor v. Ernest Boyer Harmon R. Goldberg John H. Rodriguez Joseph J. Vopelak Blue Hills Homes Corporation John P. Cole Richard W. Riley, Secretary of U.S. Department of Education United States Department of Justice, Pauline Ferguson, Intervenor Dempster Ferguson Eddie Jimmons Bernice Jimmons Neal Plantz Rose Plantz, Intervenor Delores Snipes, Intervenor Robert Torry Rebecca Torry, Intervenor Leon Vanderfeltz Rita Vanderfeltz Raphael Zapien Hope Zapien, Intervenor
Status: Published