1.   If the Supreme Court takes the Latin case, school officials nationally may use its decision as a guide in designing student assignment policies.

2.   In between, test scores dipped, confirming the fears of many who were against the assignment policy.

3.   In taking the Tripp suit away from Lamberth, the three judges promoted the same random assignment policy that Johnson abandoned in the criminal prosecutions.

4.   The GAO found the Air Force to have the most gender-neutral assignment policy.