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HALL v. ST. HELENA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

Civ. A. No. 1068.

197 F.Supp. 649 (1961)

Lawrence HALL et al., Plaintiffs, v. ST. HELENA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, Baton Rouge Division.

August 30, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thurgood Marshall, New York City, A. P. Tureaud, A. M. Trudeau, Jr., New Orleans, La., Jack Greenberg, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen. of Louisiana, L. K. Clement, Jr., Weldon Cousins, Michael E. Culligan, John M. Currier, John E. Jackson, Jr., George Ponder, William P. Schuler, Asst. Attys. Gen., W. Scott Wilkinson, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Duncan Kemp, Dist. Atty. for St. Helena Parish, Amite, La., E. Freeman Leverett, Deputy Atty. Gen. of Georgia, Gordon Madison, Leslie Hall, Deputy Attys. Gen. of Alabama, for defendants.

M. Hepburn Many, U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., Harold H. Greene, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the United States, amicus curiae.

Before WISDOM, Circuit Judge, and CHRISTENBERRY and WRIGHT, District Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Undeterred by the failure of its prior efforts, the Louisiana Legislature continues to press its fight for racial segregation in the public schools of the state. Today we consider its current segregation legislation, the keystone of which, the local option law, is under attack in these proceedings.

On May 25, 1960, this court entered its order herein restraining and enjoining the St. Helena Parish School...

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