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LOUISIANA HIGH SCHOOL ATH. ASS'N v. ST. AUGUSTINE HIGH SCH.

No. 25357.

396 F.2d 224 (1968)

LOUISIANA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. ST. AUGUSTINE HIGH SCHOOL et al., Appellees. Melodysse F. DYSON, on behalf of her minor, Melodye Dyson, pupil at Coghill's School et al., Appellants, v. LOUISIANA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 8, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas McFerrin, Kenneth C. DeJean, Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen. of La., Baton Rouge, La., for appellant.

John P. Nelson, Jr., Nelson, Ormond & Nelson, New Orleans, La., for appellees.

Before GODBOLD and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges, and McRAE, District Judge.

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

This is a class action brought by a private high school with an all-Negro student body and by Negro students attending public high schools, all in the State of Louisiana. The plaintiffs seek to enjoin the maintenance and operation of a racially segregated system of interscholastic high school athletics in Louisiana by the Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) and the Louisiana State Board of Education. The crux of plaintiffs' claim...

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