UNITED STATES v. BOSSIER PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

Civ. A. No. 9282.

220 F.Supp. 243 (1963)

UNITED STATES of America v. BOSSIER PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al.

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

August 20, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burke Marshall, Asst. Atty. Gen., St. John Barrett, Atty., Washington, D. C., David H. Marlin, Atty., Civil Rights Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Edward L. Shaheen, U. S. Atty., W. D. Louisiana, Shreveport, La., for the government.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen. of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, La., William P. Schuler, Asst. Atty. Gen., New Orleans, La., W. Scott Wilkinson, Special Asst. to the Atty. Gen. of Louisiana, Shreveport, La., Louis H. Padgett, Dist. Atty. for the 26th Judicial District of Louisiana, Bossier City, La., for defendants.


BEN C. DAWKINS, Jr., Chief Judge.

The United States brings this action seeking an injunction preventing the defendants from segregating dependents of military personnel or civilian employees of the federal government in the public schools of Bossier Parish upon the basis of their race or color. Defendants (the School Board, its members, and Superintendent) have moved to dismiss on the grounds that the Court lacks jurisdiction and that plaintiff has failed to allege...

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