BRUMFIELD v. DODD

Civ. A. No. 71-1316.

425 F.Supp. 528 (1976)

Oless BRUMFIELD, as next friend of Ervin Brumfield, et al. v. William J. DODD, Superintendent of Public Education of the State of Louisiana, et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

Supplemental Order January 11, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Strickler, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs.

J. Stanley Pottinger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Alexander C. Ross, Thomas M. Keeling, Paul F. Hancock, Lawrence L. Newton, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Gerald J. Gallinghouse, U.S. Atty., Leonard P. Avery, Asst. U.S. Atty., New Orleans, La., for intervenors.

William J. Guste, Jr., La. Atty. Gen., Warren E. Mouledoux, First Asst. Atty. Gen., William P. Curry, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendants J. Kelly Nix, La. Superintendent of Public Ed., La. State Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Ed. (substituted for La. State Bd. of Ed. and its individual members), and Mary Evelyn Parker, La. State Treasurer.

Richard B. Crowell, Crowell, Owens & Tudor, Alexandria, La., for Alexandria Country Day School.

Sidney Dean, Mayor, Ida, La., for Caddo Community School.

Robert G. Pugh, Pugh & Nelson, Shreveport, La., for Grawood Christian Schools.

Harry B. DeKay, Jr., Principal, New Orleans, La., for Prytania Private School.

James R. McClelland, Aycock, Horne, Caldwell, Coleman & Duncan, Franklin, La., for West End Academy.

John T. Campbell, Campbell, Campbell & Johnson, Minden, La., for Glenbrook School of Minden, Inc.


HEEBE, Chief Judge.

Previously, on December 2, 1975, this Court issued an opinion holding that state assistance in Louisiana to private, racially segregated schools in the form of textbooks, class room materials and finances for transportation was unconstitutional. (at 405 F.Supp. 338) As a result, defendant Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education was ordered by the three-judge court to initiate a certification...

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