MOSES v. WASHINGTON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

No. 27648.

421 F.2d 685 (1970)

Vertrees MOSES, by his father and next friend, Wilton Moses, and all other Negroes similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. WASHINGTON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, a corporation; Leon M. Knight, President; and C. M. Jones, Superintendent, Franklinton, Louisiana, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 28, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Welton O. Seal, Seal, Lee, Fendlason & Branch, Bogalusa, La., William P. Schuler, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Louisiana, New Orleans, La., W. W. Erwin, Dist. Atty., 22nd Judicial District, Francis W. Watts, Jr., Watts & Watts, Franklinton, La., for defendants-appellants.

Richard B. Sobol, Robert P. Roberts, George M. Strickler, Jr., Collins, Douglas & Elie, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before THORNBERRY, CARSWELL and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal by the defendants-appellants Washington Parish School Board, et al, from an order of the district court of January 14, 1969, and all amendments thereto, adopting a school desegregation plan for the parish.1

Plaintiffs-appellees have filed a memorandum brief in response to this appeal. They urge the plan adopted by the district court provides in effect a unitary school system as called for in Alexander...

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