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THOMAS v. SCHOOL BD. ST. MARTIN PARISH

No. 12-30850.

756 F.3d 380 (2014)

Theresa D. THOMAS, on behalf of D.M.T., on behalf of E.J.T., on behalf of V.A.T.; Alphonse Fontnette, on behalf of J.F.; Benjamin C. Roy, on behalf of M.H., on behalf of K.H., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SCHOOL BOARD ST. MARTIN PARISH, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 24, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Damon T. Hewitt , Rachel M. Kleinman , Leticia V. Smith-Evans , Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY, Gideon Tillman Carter, III, Esq. , Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Robert L. Hammonds , Pamela Wescovich Dill , Hammonds, Sills, Adkins & Guice, L.L.P., Baton Rouge, LA, Isaac Jackson Burson, Jr., Esq., Attorney, Eunice, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Christopher Chen-Hsin Wang, Esq. , Anurima Bhargava, Esq. , Director, Dennis J. Dimsey, Esq. , Deputy Chief, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae.

Before OWEN and HAYNES, Circuit Judges, and LEMELLE, District Judge.

PRISCILLA R. OWEN, Circuit Judge:

St. Martin Parish School Board (the School Board) appeals the district court's denial of its motions to dismiss this desegregation case originally filed in 1965 by Theresa Thomas, on behalf of D.M.T., E.J.T., and V.A.T.; Alphonse Fontnette, on behalf of J.F.; and Benjamin Roy, on behalf of M.H. and K.H. (collectively, Plaintiffs). We affirm.

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This case concerns the district court's decision to revisit a school desegregation...

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