MOORE v. TANGIPAHOA PARISH SCH. BD.

Nos. 76-1500, 77-1174.

594 F.2d 489 (1979)

Joyce Marie MOORE et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. TANGIPAHOA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 7, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Tillery, Ponchatoula, La., for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees in No. 76-1500.

Jack Greenberg, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellees, cross-appellants in No. 76-1500.

Allen D. Schwartz, Everett E. Nicholas, Chicago, Ill., Joseph E. Anzalone, Amite, La., for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees.

Nelson D. Taylor, Baton Rouge, La., James C. Gray, New York City, A. P. Trudeau, A. M. Trudeau, Jr., Ernest Morial, New Orleans, La., Margaret Ford, Shreveport, La., for plaintiffs-appellees, cross-appellants.

John D. Kopfler, Hammond, La., for Durham, et al.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, GEE and VANCE, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

Once again we embark on the well travelled roads of Tangipahoa Parish. This class action school desegregation case has been pending in the federal courts since 1965. In June of 1965, the District Court entered an order requiring the commencement of desegregation through a freedom of choice plan. In July of 1967, then District Judge Rubin entered a comprehensive order directing the consolidation of the school district and instructing the...

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