UNITED STATES v. JEFFERSON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

Civ. A. No. 71-2679.

333 F.Supp. 418 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. JEFFERSON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants.

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

October 19, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Gallinghouse, U. S. Atty., and James Carriere, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chief, Civil Division, New Orleans, La., for the United States of America.

Wallace C. LeBrun and David M. Smill, Metairie, La., for Jefferson Parish School Board.

Samuel I. Rosenberg, New Orleans, La., for Orleans Parish School Board.

Shea & Gardner, by Stephen J. Pollak, Washington, D. C., for National Education Ass'n of United States, Louisiana Education Ass'n, Jefferson Education Ass'n, Julius Hunter, Aletha Clark, and Scott R. Smith.

Nelson & Nelson, by John P. Nelson, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Orleans Educators' Ass'n, Cheryl Ann Epling, Carrel Epling Martin, Warren J. White and Delores Wilmore.

Bell, Williams & Eames, by Murphy W. Bell, Baton Rouge, La., for Julius Hunter, President of Jefferson Education Ass'n, a Parochial Unit of Louisiana Education Ass'n.

William F. Wessel, New Orleans, La., and Ligtenberg, DeJong & Leahy, by John Ligtenberg, Chicago, Ill., for American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO; American Federation of Teachers of Orleans Parish, Local 527; Jefferson Parish Federation of Teachers, Local 1559; Alma Granderson, David Lee Coleman, Marilyn Pierre, Christine LaGrange, and Edward A. Fontaine.

Sanders, Miller, Downing & Kean, by John Dale Powers, Baton Rouge, La., for Essie C. Beck, Joseph Thomas and Lola S. Bundrick, Individually, on their own behalf, and for and on behalf of all persons similarly situated.

Burton, Roberts & Ward, by John Ward, Jr., Baton Rouge, La., for Louisiana School Boards Ass'n.


REASONS IN SUPPORT OF JUDGMENT

R. BLAKE WEST, District Judge.

In this suit plaintiff United States of America sought to enjoin the implementation by the school boards of Orleans and Jefferson Parishes of recently enacted increases in teachers' salaries within their respective jurisdictions. The action was brought pursuant to the Economic Stabilization Act of 19701 and Executive Order 11615.2 It was...

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