Termination of Desegregation Decrees and the Elusive Meaning of Unitary Status

I. Introduction . . . . . 283 II. Exposition . . . . . 291 A . Jenkins III . . . . . 291 B. Overview of Desegregation Scholarship: Discretion, Capacity, and Legitimacy . . . . . 295 III. The Evolution of Equity . . . . . 300 A. English Equity . . . . . 302 B. American Equity . . . . . 306 C. Equity and Desegregation . . . . . 313 IV. Rights and Interests . . . . . 318 A . Introduction . . . . . 318 B . Hohfeld . . . . . 326 C. Interest Theory of Rights . . . . . 333 D. Rights Theory Applied . . . . . 337 V . Conclusion . . . . . 354