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BROUSSARD v. PEREZ

No. 76-3536.

572 F.2d 1113 (1978)

Merlis J. BROUSSARD et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Chalin Octave PEREZ et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 12, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney W. Provensal, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Plaquemines School Bd. et al.

Joseph E. Defley, Jr., Port Sulphur, La., Stanley A. Halpin, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Walter W. Barnett, Miriam R. Eisenstein, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., amicus curiae.

Before SKELTON, Senior Judge, and FAY and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.

FAY, Circuit Judge:

This is a class action by black plaintiffs on their own behalf and on behalf of black voters in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, challenging the Plaquemines Parish School Board's change to at-large election of its members on June 11, 1970, as inoperative because the School Board failed to obtain clearance as required by § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973c (1970).1 On cross motions for summary...

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