Liddell, et al v. Board of Education, et al

Filing 363

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER re: 359 MOTION to Substitute Party filed by Defendant Special Administrative Board of the Transitional School District of the City of St. Louis. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Special Administrative Board of the Transitional Sch ool District of the City of St. Louis's Motion to Substitute Parties pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25(c) 359 is GRANTED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Special Administrative Board of the Transitional School District of the City of St. Louis is substituted as a party defendant in place of the Board of Education of the City of St. Louis, Missouri. Signed by Honorable E. Richard Webber on November 15, 2011. (MCB)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION

CRATON LIDDELL, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
vs.
BOARD OF EDUCATION OF
THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI,
et al.,
Defendants.

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Case No. 4:72CV00100 ERW

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
This matter comes before the Court on the Special Administrative Board of the Transitional
School District of the City of St. Louis’s Motion to Substitute Parties pursuant to Federal Rule of
Civil Procedure 25(c) [ECF No. 359]. The Motion asks the Court to substitute the Special
Administrative Board of the Transitional School District of the City of St. Louis (SAB) as a party
defendant in place of the Board of Education of the City of St. Louis, Missouri.
When the Missouri State Board of Education revoked the accreditation of St. Louis Public
Schools in 2007, the SAB became the governing body of St. Louis Public Schools. Thus, the Board
of Education of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, is no longer the proper party defendant. The Court
finds that substitution of parties pursuant to Rule 25(c) is appropriate.
Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Special Administrative Board of the Transitional
School District of the City of St. Louis’s Motion to Substitute Parties pursuant to Federal Rule of
Civil Procedure 25(c) [ECF No. 359] is GRANTED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Special Administrative Board of the Transitional
School District of the City of St. Louis is substituted as a party defendant in place of the Board of
Education of the City of St. Louis, Missouri.
Dated this

15th

day of November, 2011.

E. RICHARD WEBBER
SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE