DAVIS v. EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

Civ. A. No. 1662.

269 F.Supp. 60 (1967)

Clifford Eugene DAVIS, Jr., a minor, by his father and next friend Clifford Eugene Davis, Sr., et al. v. EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al.

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

May 8, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. P. Tureaud, New Orleans, La., and Johnnie A. Jones, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff.

Sargent Pitcher, Dist. Atty., Parish of East Baton Rouge, La., John F. Ward, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Parish of East Baton Rouge, La., Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., State of La., Baton Rouge, La., for defendants.


WEST, District Judge.

Once again this case concerning the desegregation of the public schools in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is before the Court. On December 29, 1966, the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, by a two to one decision, handed down a most unusual decision—unusual because of its glaring inconsistencies, ambiguity, and sheer unconstitutionality. I refer to the case of United States v. Jefferson County Board of Education...

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