UNITED STATES v. JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

Nos. 23345, 23331, 23335, 23274, 23365, 23173, 23192.

372 F.2d 836 (1966)

UNITED STATES of America and Linda Stout, by her father and next friend, Blevin Stout, Appellants, v. JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION et al., Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. The BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the CITY OF FAIRFIELD et al., Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. The BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the CITY OF BESSEMER et al., Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. CADDO PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. The BOSSIER PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Appellees. Margaret M. JOHNSON et al., Appellants, v. JACKSON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Appellees. Yvornia Decarol BANKS et al., Appellants, v. CLAIBORNE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 29, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No. 23345:

Macon L. Weaver, U. S. Atty., Birmingham, Ala., Norman C. Amaker, New York City, David L. Norman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Maurice F. Bishop, Birmingham, Ala., John C. Satterfield, Yazoo City, Miss., George Rogers, Birmingham, Ala., for appellees.

No. 23331:

Macon L. Weaver, U. S. Atty., Demetrius C. Newton, Orzell Billingsley, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., David L. Norman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, John Doar, Asst. Atty. Gen., St. John Barrett, Joel M. Finkelstein, Brian K. Landsberg, Charles R. Nesson, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Maurice F. Bishop, Birmingham, Ala., John C. Satterfield, Yazoo City, Miss., George Rogers, Birmingham, Ala., for appellees.

No. 23335:

Macon L. Weaver, U. S. Atty., Birmingham, Ala., David L. Norman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Oscar W. Adams, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., for appellant.

Reid B. Barnes, Birmingham, Ala., John C. Satterfield, Yazoo City, Miss., William G. Somerville, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., J. Howard McEniry, Jr., Bessemer, Ala., for appellees.

No. 23274:

David L. Norman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Norman Amaker, Charles H. Jones, Jr., New York City, A. P. Tureaud, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

John A. Richardson, Shreveport, La., for appellees.

No. 23365:

David L. Norman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., James M. Nabrit, III, New York City, for appellant.

J. Bennett Johnston, Jr., Shreveport, La., Jack P. F. Gremillion, Baton Rouge, La., for appellees.

No. 23173:

Alvin J. Bronstein, Jackson, Miss., Harris David, New Orleans, La., Carl Rachlin, New York City, David Norman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Fred L. Jackson, Homer, La., William H. Baker, Jonesboro, La., Teddy W. Airhart, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., for appellees.

No. 23192:

Alvin J. Bronstein, Jackson, Miss., Carl Rachlin, New York City, Harris David, New Orleans, La., David Norman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Robert F. Collins, New Orleans, La., for appellants.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., Thomas McFerrin, Sr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry Kron, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., Fred L. Jackson, Homer, La., Teddy W. Airhart, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., for appellees.

Before WISDOM and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges, and COX, District Judge.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

Once again the Court is called upon to review school desegregation plans to determine whether the plans meet constitutional standards. The distinctive feature of these cases, consolidated on appeal, is that they also require us to reexamine school desegregation standards in the light of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Guidelines of the United States Office of Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW).

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