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Decision excerptsBy Times staff writer © St. Petersburg Times, published March 20, 2001 From Monday's decision by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals: "Federal judicial supervision of local officials . . . was intended to be a temporary measure." "Put simply, a school board has no obligation to remedy racial imbalances caused by external factors, such as demographic shifts, which are not the result of segregation and are beyond the board's control." "The district judge's finding that appellants have not achieved unitary status was tainted and infected by reliance on an incorrect legal standard. As such, we reverse the district judge's orders of Oct. 26, 1998, and Dec. 4, 1998. Upon remand, the district court shall enter judgment declaring the Hillsborough County school system unitary. Therefore, federal judicial supervision of the Hillsborough County school system shall cease."
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