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COPELAND v. LINCOLN PARISH SCHOOL BD.

Nos. 78-1315, 77-3375.

598 F.2d 977 (1979)

Birdex COPELAND, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LINCOLN PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees. and UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LINCOLN PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 13, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Piper & Brown, Frank E. Brown, Jr., Shreveport, La., for plaintiff-appellant in No. 78-1315.

Mark L. Gross, Walter W. Barnett, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellant in No. 77-3375.

Sidney E. Cook, Dewey W. Corley, Shreveport, La., for defendants-appellees.

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

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

Today we add a short chapter to the long book on the desegregation of Lincoln Parish public schools. The case before us presents two appeals, both brought within the context of a consent decree that currently governs the nondiscriminatory operation of Lincoln Parish schools. In the first, the plaintiffs1 challenge the District Court's finding that racial considerations did not motivate the site selections for...

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