Dean DiPippa discusses a pending case against the LRSD

, Sarah. In City’s School Discrimination Lawsuit, Burden Of Proof Is ‘Did They Mean To?’. Arkansas Public Media (Sept. 6, 2017). .

To win such a case, the district must only show there was a reason for its facilities decisions other than race. Finances, for example, or population growth.

Indeed, the “intent� standard is meant to let officials, rather than courts, deal with complicated social problems, says John DiPippa, interim dean of the William H. Bowen School of Law.