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SMITH v. CONCORDIA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

No. 30556.

445 F.2d 285 (1971)

Irma J. SMITH et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, and United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee, v. CONCORDIA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 15, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denis A. Barry, II, New Orleans, La., W. C. Falkenheiner, Dist. Atty., Seventh Judicial Dist., Concordia Parish School Board, Vidalia, La., for appellants.

John D. Powers, Baton Rouge, La., Louisiana Teachers Ass'n, amicus curiae.

George M. Strickler, Jr., Stanley Halpin, Jr., New Orleans, La., Ed Christenbury, Department of Justice, Civil Rights, Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Richard M. Sharp, Washington, D. C., National Education Ass'n, amicus curiae.

Before GEWIN, GOLDBERG and DYER, Circuit Judges.

BY THE COURT:

The Board's attack on the District Court's judgment placing the sixth grade in Vidalia Junior High School is without merit.

The District Court's findings, that the Board had neither developed nor applied objective criteria in connection with the reduction of staff positions, and that the dismissal of black teachers was racially discriminatory, are not clearly erroneous. See Singleton et al. v. Jackson Municipal Separate School System,...

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