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TRAHAN v. LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

Civ. A. Nos. 10903, 10912, 11053, 11125.

244 F.Supp. 583 (1965)

Alfreda TRAHAN et al. v. LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al. Marilyn Marie MONTEILH et al. v. ST. LANDRY PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al. Joan GRAHAM et al. v. EVANGELINE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al. Catherine BATTISE et al. v. ACADIA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al.

United States District Court W. D. Louisiana, Lafayette and Opelousas Divisions.

Final Ruling on Motions August 23, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No. 10,903:

A. P. Tureaud, A. M. Trudeau, Jr., and Ernest N. Morial, New Orleans, La., Jack Greenberg and Norman Amaker, New York City, Jesse N. Stone, Jr., Shreveport, La., for plaintiffs.

Bertrand DeBlanc, Dist. Atty., Lafayette Parish, Lafayette, La., for defendants.

No. 10,912:

A. P. Tureaud, A. M. Trudeau, Jr., Ernest N. Morial, New Orleans, La., Marion Overton White, Opelousas, La., Jack Greenberg and Norman Amaker, New York City, Jesse N. Stone, Jr., Shreveport, La., for plaintiffs.

J. Y. Fontenot, Dist. Atty., St. Landry Parish, Opelousas, La., for defendants.

No. 11,125:

A. P. Tureaud, A. M. Trudeau, Jr., New Orleans, La., Marion White, Opelousas, La., Jack Greenberg and Norman Amaker, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Nolan J. Edwards, Asst. Dist. Atty., Acadia Parish, Crowley, La., for defendants.

No. 11,053:

A. P. Tureaud, A. M. Trudeau, Jr., Ernest N. Morial, New Orleans, La., Jack Greenberg and Norman Amaker, New York City, for plaintiffs.

L. O. Fuselier, Dist. Atty., 13th Judicial Dist., and J. Wm. Pucheu, Asst. Dist. Atty., 13th Judicial Dist., Ville Platte, La., for defendants.

PUTNAM, District Judge.

On August 11, 1965 we heard motions to accelerate the school desegregation plans filed by defendant Boards in the above-captioned cases to include at least four grades for the opening of school in the fall of 1965 and to set 1967 as the date for completing the process. The motions were the result of the decision of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Singleton v. Jackson Municipal Separate School District, 348 F.2d 729

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