Smuck v. Hobson
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
408 F.2d 175 (D.C. Cir. 1969)
Relevant factsFree
After parents (plaintiffs) won a class-action discrimination suit against the D.C. school board (defendant), the board voted not to appeal, but superintendent Hansen and dissenting board member Smuck (defendants) filed notices of appeal and intervention motions, joined by twenty other parents (movants) who disagreed with the ruling; Hansen subsequently left his position as superintendent, and the district court granted all the intervention motions.
IssueFree
Whether parents are entitled to intervene in a suit against their children's school when the school board declines to pursue an appeal.