Capacchione v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools case files
Scope and Contents
The collection includes case files generated by Ferguson, Stein, Chambers, Gresham & Sumter Law Firm during the Capacchione v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools original case and appeals.
Dates
- Creation: 1997 - 2001
Creator
- Ferguson Stein Chambers Gresham & Sumter (Organization)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Capacchione v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Case Files are the physical property of J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections. Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.
Historical Note
In 1997, William Capacchione sued the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School (CMS) district because he believed his daughter was not admitted into a local magnet school because of her race. The CMS board defended the desegregation plan and opposed the end of busing. However, in 1999, Federal District Court Judge Robert Potter ordered the district to stop using race or ethnicity in pupil assignments. CMS appealed, but the decision was upheld by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, ending Charlotte's mandatory-busing program.
Ferguson, Stein, Chambers, Gresham & Sumter Law Firm represented the class of black families in the 1999 trial and later appeals in the historic Charlotte school desegregation case, originally known as Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, and later as Belk v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education.
Extent
98 Linear Feet
Abstract
The collection includes case files generated by Ferguson, Stein, Chambers, Gresham & Sumter Law Firm in the firm's work representing James Swann, one of the plaintiffs, on the Capacchione v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools case.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated by Luke Largess in 2011.
Processing Information
Collection inventory created by Christine Marolda and Andrew Pack, 2016. Original folder titles retained. File-level inventory with no further processing anticipated at this time.
Subject
- Capacchione, Christine -- Trials, litigation, etc. (Person)
- Ferguson Stein Chambers Gresham & Sumter -- Archives (Organization)
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools -- History (Organization)
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education--Trials, litigation, etc. (Organization)
Geographic
Topical
- Education -- Political aspects -- North Carolina -- Charlotte
- Education -- Political aspects -- North Carolina -- Mecklenburg County
- Magnet schools -- North Carolina -- Charlotte
- Magnet schools -- North Carolina -- Mecklenburg County
- School integration -- North Carolina -- Charlotte
- School integration -- North Carolina -- Mecklenburg County
- Title
- Capacchione v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools case files
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscript Collections, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte Repository
Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd
Charlotte NC 28223 United States
spec-coll@uncc.edu