MOSES v. WASHINGTON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

Civ. A. No. 15973.

330 F.Supp. 1340 (1971)

Vertrees MOSES, by his father and next friend Wilton Moses, and all other Negroes similarly situated v. WASHINGTON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, a corporation, et al.

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

August 9, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Strickler, Jr., Elie, Bronstein & Strickler, Debra Millenson, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs.

Hon. W. W. Erwin, Dist. Atty. for 22nd Judicial Dist., Franklinton, La., Welton O. Seal, Seal, Lee & Branch, Bogalusa, La., for defendants.


HEEBE, District Judge:

The issue presented for determination is whether or not the Franklinton Elementary School can assign students in the recently desegregated school on the basis of standardized ability and achievement tests. Without determining the per se validity of the use of such tests, the Court holds that testing, as presently used in Franklinton Elementary denies plaintiffs equal educational opportunity and impedes the immediate establishing of a...

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