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UNITED STATES v. SAINT LANDRY PARISH SCHOOL BD.

No. 77-2237.

601 F.2d 859 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SAINT LANDRY PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 30, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Shaheen, U. S. Atty., J. Ransdell Keene, Asst. U. S. Atty., Shreveport, La., Walter W. Barnett, Joel L. Selig, Attys., Civ. Rights Div., Drew S. Days, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellant.

I. Jackson Burson, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Eunice, La., for School Bd. and individual members.

Before THORNBERRY, GOLDBERG and GEE, Circuit Judges.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

The government brought this action claiming that a vote-buying scheme, allegedly carried out at a school board election in district ten of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, violated various provisions of the Voting Rights Act. The district court dismissed the government's two count complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.1 The government now...

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