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DAMERON v. TANGIPAHOA PARISH POLICE JURY

Civ. A. No. 69-1656.

315 F.Supp. 137 (1970)

Edward P. DAMERON, III, Plaintiff, v. TANGIPAHOA PARISH POLICE JURY and Luther Finch, its President, Tangipahoe Parish School Board and C. P. Schwartz, its President, Tangipahoa Parish Democratic Executive Committee and Charles A. Branch, its President, John J. McKeithen, Governor of the State of Louisiana, Wade O. Martin, Jr., Secretary of State of the State of Louisiana, Jack P. F. Gremillion, Attorney General of the State of Louisiana, Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

Supplemental Opinion July 7, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur W. Macy, Hammond, La., for plaintiff.

Joseph E. Anzalone, Jr., Independence, La., for defendants.

RUBIN, District Judge:

In this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiff challenges the apportionment of the Tangipahoa Parish Police Jury and School Board. He charges that these elected local governing bodies are presently constituted so as to deny him equal representation in violation of his rights under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. A consent decree has been entered...

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