BOYD v. POINTE COUPEE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

No. 71-3305.

505 F.2d 632 (1974)

Yvonne Marie BOYD et al., Plaintiffs, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. POINTE COUPEE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 10, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Norman, Asst. Atty. Gen., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Gerald J. Gallinghouse, U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., Norman J. Chachkin, New York City, Murphy W. Bell, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

John F. Ward, Jr., Baton Rouge, La., Samuel C. Cashio, Dist. Atty., Maringouin, La., for defendants-appellees.

A. M. Trudeau, Jr., New Orleans, La., Murphy W. Bell, Baton Rouge, La., Jack Greenberg, Norman J. Chachkin, New York City, amici curiae.

Before WISDOM, COLEMAN and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This school desegregation case has had a long and tortuous career, procedurally in the courts and out where the people live. The latest Court Order, from which the United States appeals, is reported, Boyd v. Pointe Coupee Parish School Board, 332 F.Supp. 994 (D.C.La. 1971). The District Court denied an application for supplemental relief, on the ground that the school system had become unitary.

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