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KNIGHT v. McKEITHEN

Civ. A. No. 94-848-A.

903 F.Supp. 999 (1995)

Reverend Jesse Carroll KNIGHT, Sr., et al., v. W. Fox McKEITHEN, Secretary of State, et al.

United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana.

November 7, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Borkowski, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., New Orleans, Louisiana, and Samuel L. Walters, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiffs.

Sheri M. Morris, State of Louisiana Secretary of State, Baton Rouge, LA, for W. Fox McKeithen.

Angie R. LaPlace, Attorney General's Office, Civil Division, Baton Rouge, LA, for Richard Ieyoub.

James David Caldwell, Office of the District Attorney, Tallulah, LA and Michael E. Lancaster, Lancaster, Baxter & Lancaster, Tallulah, LA, for East Carroll Parish School Board.

James J. Thornton, Jr., Johnston & Thornton, Shreveport, LA, for Bossier Parish School Board.

Before STEWART, Circuit Judge, PARKER and POLOZOLA, District Judges.

JOHN V. PARKER, Chief Judge:

This matter is before the court on a motion to dismiss filed on behalf of the Governor of the State of Louisiana, Edwin W. Edwards, the State Attorney General, Richard P. Ieyoub, and the Secretary of State, W. Fox McKeithen (the "state defendants"). Plaintiffs have filed an opposition. The motion was taken under submission following oral argument.

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