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JONES v. CADDO PARISH SCHOOL BD.

No. 81-3439.

735 F.2d 923 (1984)

Beryl N. JONES, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CADDO PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, et al., Defendants-Appellees, v. June PHILLIPS, Movant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 9, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Troy E. Bain, Shreveport, La., for movant-appellant.

Beard, Arceneaux & Sutherland, Fred H. Sutherland, Shreveport, La., Brian F. Heffernan, Wm. B. Reynolds, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jessica D. Silver, Wm. R. Yeomans, Civil Rights Div., Appellate Sect., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, BROWN, GOLDBERG, GEE, RUBIN, REAVLEY, RANDALL, TATE, JOHNSON, WILLIAMS, GARWOOD, JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by June Phillips from the denial of her motion to intervene, individually and on behalf of a class of black parents and children, in this long-pending litigation concerning the desegregation of the Caddo Parish school system. We sustain the district court's ruling, holding that it did not abuse its discretion in determining that Ms. Phillips' motion was untimely.

This litigation began in 1965 when seven black school...

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