SMITH v. SCHOOL BOARD OF CONCORDIA PARISH

No. 23-30063.

88 F.4th 588 (2023)

VERNON SMITH, ETC., Plaintiff, United States of America, Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SCHOOL BOARD OF CONCORDIA PARISH, Defendant-Appellee, v. Delta Charter Group, Incorporated, Intervenor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED December 13, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason Lee (argued), Bonnie Ilene Robin-Vergeer , Senior Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, Jerry Edwards, Jr. , U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Louisiana, Shreveport, LA, John Matthew Gore , Jones Day, Washington, DC, Allison Christine Reppond , U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Louisiana, Shreveport, LA, for Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellee.

John Richard Blanchard (argued), Pamela Wescovich Dill , Robert L. Hammonds , Timothy J. Riveria , Hammonds, Sills, Adkins, Guice, Noah & Perkins, L.L.P., Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.

John Simeon Hooks, Esq. (argued), Adams & Reese, L.L.P., Ridgeland, MS, Michael P. Higgins , Schulman, Lopez, Hoffer & Adelstein, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Intervenor-Appellant.

Before Wiener, Willett, and Douglas, Circuit Judges.


Delta Charter Group, Inc., operates a public charter school within Concordia Parish in Louisiana. In 2018, Delta, the Concordia Parish School Board, and the United States jointly moved for entry of a consent order requiring Delta to implement a race-based enrollment process, consistent with an ongoing desegregation...

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