HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- In
the space of about 48 hours, Norman Chachkin went from asking to
withdraw from Huntsville's historic desegregation case to withdrawing
his motion to withdraw.
If that sounds confusing, that's because it is. But the bottom line,
for the moment, is Huntsville school officials retained an ally in their
legal skirmish with the U.S. Department of Justice.
Chachkin, attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, has spent
decades monitoring Huntsville's compliance with a 1970 federal court
order ending dual schooling based on race.
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