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MELANCON v. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

No. 48182.

195 So.2d 289 (1967)

250 La. 337

Howard Charles MELANCON et al. v. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 20, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., Harry Fuller, Second Asst. Atty. Gen., Willie D. Maynor, Special Counsel to the Atty. Gen., for defendants-appellants.

Domengeaux, Wright & Bienvenu, James Domengeaux, Lafayette, for plaintiffs-respondents.

SANDERS, Justice.

The question posed by this appeal is whether the Louisiana State Board of Education can establish an "education center" of the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Iberia Parish, without special legislative authorization.

In 1965, the State Board of Education adopted a resolution establishing the Education Center of the University of Southwestern Louisiana near New Iberia in Iberia Parish. On the petition of eleven interested taxpayers...

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