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WASHINGTON v. TENSAS PARISH SCHOOL BD.

No. 86-4488.

819 F.2d 609 (1987)

Eloise WASHINGTON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TENSAS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 29, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Jones, Jones and Smith, Monroe, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

John D. Crigler, Asst. Dist. Atty., St. Joseph, La., James D. Caldwell, Dist. Atty., Tallulah, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before POLITZ, JOHNSON, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 29, 1987.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Invoking the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1973, et seq., the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments, and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983, plaintiffs-appellants challenged the apportionment of Tensas Parish, Louisiana, for purposes of electing members to the school board and the Police Jury, the parish governing authority. The district court...

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