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RUTLEDGE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA

Civ. A. No. 15773.

330 F.Supp. 336 (1971)

James Alfred RUTLEDGE et al. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA et al.

United States District Court, W. D. Louisiana, Monroe Division.

August 11, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. C. Massey, Massey & Robinson, West Monroe, La., for plaintiffs.

George M. Snellings, Jr., McHenry, Snellings, Breard, Sartor & Shafto, William G. Kelly, Jr., Davenport, Files & Kelly, Haynes L. Harkey, Jr., Hayes, Harkey, Smith & Cascio, Robert W. Kostelka, Dist. Atty., and John R. Harrison, Asst. Dist. Atty., Monroe, La., for defendants.

George M. Snellings, Jr., McHenry, Snellings, Breard, Sartor & Shafto, William G. Kelly, Jr., Davenport, Files & Kelly, Monroe, La., for intervenors.

DAWKINS, Chief Judge.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

I.

The Issues

Plaintiffs bring this class action on behalf of residents of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, residing outside the City of Monroe, claiming that the manner in which members of the Ouachita Parish School Board are elected, as provided by the applicable State statute, as interpreted by the Louisiana Supreme Court, is violative of their rights under the Fourteenth Amendment by denying...

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