CONLEY et al.
v.
LAKE CHARLES SCHOOL BOARD and Calcasieu Parish School Board (and 29 related cases).
United States District Court W. D. Louisiana.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
November 14, 1968.
November 14, 1968.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jesse H. Queen, Edward S. Christenberry, Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Washington, D. C., Collins, Douglas & Elie, A. P. Tureaud, New Orleans, La., William Bennett Turner, New York City, Louis Berry, Alexandria, La., Murphy W. Bell, Baton Rouge, La., Marion Overton White, Opelousas, La., for plaintiffs.
Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, La., Bernard N. Marcantel, Dist. Atty., Jefferson Davis Parish, Jennings, La., John A. Richardson, Dist. Atty., Caddo Parish, Shreveport, La., Louis H. Padgett, Jr., Dist. Atty., Bossier Parish, Bossier City, La., J. Y. Fontenot, Dist. Atty., St. Landry Parish, Opelousas, La., Harry Kron, Thibodeaux, La., Edwin O. Ware, Dist. Atty., Rapides Parish, Alexandria, La., John F. Ward, Jr., Baton Rouge, La., Bertrand DeBlanc, Dist. Atty., Lafayette Parish, Lafayette, La., L. O. Fusilier, Dist. Atty., Evangeline Parish, Ville Platte, La., Knowles M. Tucker, Dist. Atty., Iberia, St. Mary and St. Martin Parishes, New Iberia, La., Henry L. Yelverton, Asst. Dist. Atty., Calcasieu Parish, Lake Charles, La., Holloway & Baker, Jonesboro, La., Fred L. Jackson, Asst. Dist. Atty., Claiborne Parish, Homer, La., Thompson L. Clarke, Dist. Atty., Sixth Judicial District, St. Joseph, La., William B. Ragland, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Sixth Judicial District, Lake Providence, La., Ragan D. Madden, Dist. Atty., Third Judicial District, Ruston, La., Sam L. Wells, Dist. Atty., Eighth Judicial District, Colfax, La., Thomas A. Self, Asst. Dist. Atty., 11th Judicial District, Many, La., Charles A. Riddle, Jr., Dist. Atty., 12th Judicial District, Marksville, La., Kermit M. Simmons, Winnfield, La., Albin P. Lassiter, Dist. Atty., Ouachita Parish, Monroe, La., Nolan J. Edwards, Asst. Dist. Atty., Arcadia Parish, Crowley, La., J. Bennett Johnston, Jr., Shreveport, La., Hal R. Henderson, Dist. Atty., Second Judicial District, Arcadia, La., W. C. Falkenheiner, Dist. Atty., Seventh Judicial District, Vidalia, La., E. Rudolph McIntyre, Dist. Atty., Fifth Judicial District, Winnsboro, La., for defendants.
Before DAWKINS, Chief Judge, and HUNTER and PUTNAM, JJ.
United States District Court W. D. Louisiana.
PER CURIAM:
In the summer of 1967 we entered decrees in exact conformity with the model decree as set forth just shortly before by the Fifth Circuit in Jefferson.1
The question for decision is whether under all the circumstances here present the "freedom of Choice plans," which defendant school boards were compelled, under court order, to put into effect in the fall of 1967, constitute adequate compliance with the Board...
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