GORDON v. JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

No. 30075.

460 F.2d 1062 (1972)

Marcus GORDON et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 7, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Greenberg, Norman J. Chachkin, Margaret Ford, Harvey Goldschmid, Samuel Gates, Peter E. Quint, New York City, A. P. Tureaud, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Bernard N. Marcantel, Dist. Atty., Charles R. Cassidy, Asst. Dist. Atty., for defendants-appellees.

Before WISDOM, COLEMAN and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


ON PETITION FOR REHEARING of 446 F.2d 266, 5 Cir.

PER CURIAM:

It is ordered that the petition for rehearing filed in the above entitled and numbered cause be and the same is hereby denied.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge (dissenting):

I respectfully dissent.

"Closing schools for racial reasons would be unconstitutional." Lee v. Macon County, 5 Cir.1971, 448 F.2d 746. Accord...

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