In the U.S. District Court (Northern District of Georgia) case Number 16708, Armour v. Nix (1978), the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia argued on behalf of twenty-four black parents to create a federation of eleven metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, school districts in order to implement a more effective plan of desegregation in the school systems. The plaintiffs contend the State zoned properties into "residential apartheid" by setting deliberate housing patterns based on race, thereby affecting the enrollment of school districts and that several school boards were actively practicing segregation. The most recognized part of their plan involved cross district busing. The three panel district court ruled in favor of the defendants by stating that their remedy did not fit the violations, and that the decisions made by the defendants were not motivated by an intent to discriminate. Additional historical information about the Atlanta Schools desegregation lawsuit has not been determined.