As the civil rights movement progressed, he was repeatedly involved in desegregation cases.
It was the first time housing and education had been linked in a desegregation case.
But with the desegregation case, another 25 to 75 (the number varies, depending upon whom you talk to) came into being.
The ruling comes in a desegregation case that has dragged on for 23 years.
School board members and the mayor said they wanted to be free of the stigma of the desegregation case.
His role in the desegregation cases has caused friction with some African American leaders.
He handled a number of significant civil rights and desegregation cases.
But now school officials say they face fiscal problems that are related in part to the desegregation case.
There have been 19 desegregation cases since the flurry of litigation in the mid-1970's involving public education.
Such a move against an individual school official is unusual for the Justice Department in desegregation cases.
