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UNITED STATES v. EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCH. BD.

No. 76-4102.

594 F.2d 56 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 26, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cheney C. Joseph, Jr., U. S. Atty., Baton Rouge, La., J. Stanley Pottinger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Gerald W. Jones, John P. MacCoon, Brian K. Landsberg, Marie E. Klimesz, Attys., Walter W. Barnett, Drew S. Days, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellant.

John F. Ward, Jr., Baton Rouge, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before THORNBERRY, GODBOLD and HILL, Circuit Judges.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

In 1976 the United States brought suit under the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1971(a), (c), 1973, and 1973j(d),1 attacking the multi-member ward system of electing members of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board.2 Upon motion of the Board, the district judge dismissed the suit for failure to state a claim,3 in that the United States was...

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