LIVINGSTON, LA. SCH. BD. v. LA. ST. BD. OF EDUC.

No. 86-3470.

830 F.2d 563 (1987)

SCHOOL BOARD OF the PARISH OF LIVINGSTON, LA., etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 28, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred G. Benton, Jr., Katherine Wheeler, Benton, Benton & Benton, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

R. Bruce Macmurdo, Stefes & Macmurdo, Baton Rouge, La., for State Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Winston G. DeCuir and Martha Hess, Baton Rouge, La., for Treasurer of State of La.

Robert E. Harroun, III, Baton Rouge, La., for Auditor.

Before GARWOOD, JOLLY, and HILL, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 28, 1987.

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-appellants Livingston and Grant Parish School Boards, their individual members, and schoolchildren and their parents who reside in those parishes (collectively, the plaintiffs) brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit attacking the Louisiana system of financing public education. Named as defendants were the members of the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary...

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