VALLEY v. RAPIDES PARISH SCH. BD.

Nos. 80-3722, 80-3776, 80-3855, 80-3988, 80-3008, 81-3013, 81-3033 and 81-3083.

646 F.2d 925 (1981)

Virgie Lee VALLEY et al., Plaintiff-Appellee, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee, v. RAPIDES PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellants. Virgie Lee VALLEY et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee, v. RAPIDES PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants, Clyde Holloway et al., Defendants-Appellants. Virgie Lee VALLEY et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. RAPIDES PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, Defendant, v. Nelson LaBORDE et al., Intervenors-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Intervenor-Appellee. Virgie Lee VALLEY et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee, v. RAPIDES PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, Defendant, Marshall T. Cappel, Sheriff of Rapides Parish, Movant-Appellant. Virgie Lee VALLEY et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. RAPIDES PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, Defendant, v. Nelson LaBORDE et al., Intervenors-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Intervenor-Appellee. Virgie Lee VALLEY et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, and United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee, v. RAPIDES PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, Defendant, State of Louisiana et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

Rehearing Denied July 9, 1981.

Opinion on Rehearing August 14, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Ward, Jr., Robert L. Hammonds, Baton Rouge, La., for Rapides Parish School Board.

Daniel Popeo, Gen. Counsel, Washington, D.C., amicus curiae, for Washington Legal Foundation.

Michael R. Connelly, Baton Rouge, La., amicus curiae for Justice Foundation.

Louis Berry, C. Spencer Torry, Alexandria, La., for Valley in all cases.

Walter W. Barnett, Atty., Carol E. Heckman, James P. Turner, Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Washington, D.C., for U. S. A.

Christopher J. Roy, Alexandria, La., Professor Paul Baier, Baton Rouge, La., for Holloway, et al., defendants-appellants in No. 80-3776 and as intervenors-appellants in No. 80-3855.

J. Minos Simon, Lafayette, La., for LaBorde.

Charles F. Wagner, Pineville, La., for Cappel.

Ellis C. Magee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Thomas F. Wade, Baton Rouge, La., for State of La.

Christopher J. Roy, Alexandria, La., for Judge Lee.

Before COLEMAN, GARZA and SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing Denied No. 80-3988 July 9, 1981.

Opinion on Rehearing, No. 80-3722 August 14, 1981. See 653 F.2d 941.

GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Twenty-seven years after Brown v. Board of Education and sixteen years after the commencement of this litigation, we are confronted with yet another set of appeals arising from implementation of the command to desegregate public schools...

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