LUCAS v. McKEITHEN

No. 95-30877 Summary Calendar.

102 F.3d 171 (1996)

Robert LUCAS, et al., Plaintiffs, and Reginald B. Ware, Sr.; Jesse Carroll Knight, Sr., Reverend, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Fox McKEITHEN; Richard Ieyoub; Edwin Edwards; East Carroll Parish School Board; Bossier Parish School Board; DeSoto Parish School Board; Iberville Parish School Board; St. Mary Parish School Board; West Carroll Parish School Board; all Defendants, Defendants, v. Reynold MINSKY; Jack Hamilton; Grady Brown; Amos Amacker, II; Harvey Howington; Lonnie Batton; James Thom, IV; Thomas Parker; Charles Crawford, Movants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 24, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Borkowski, Hogan & Hartson, New Orleans, LA, Brenda Allison Wright, Samuel L. Walters, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Sheri Marcus Morris, Deputy General Counsel, Office of the Secretary of State, for the State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA, for Fox McKeithen, defendant.

Angie Rogers LaPlace, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA, for Richard Ieyoub, defendant.

James David Caldwell, Michael E. Lancaster, Tallulah, LA, for East Carroll Parish School Board, defendant.

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

Paul Loy Hurd, Monroe, LA, for movants-appellants.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, and JOLLY and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.


POLITZ, Chief Judge:

Reynold Minsky, Jack Hamilton, Grady Brown, Amos Amacker II, Harvey Howington, James Thom IV, Thomas Parker, Lonnie Batton, and Charles Crawford appeal the district court's denial of their motion to intervene as of right and motion for permissive intervention. We affirm the denial of intervention as of right and dismiss the appeal of the permissive intervention ruling.

Background

In July 1994 a group of African-American...

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