Legal Opinion
Lemon v. Bossier Parish School Board
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided April 13, 1965No. Civ. A. 10687PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEN C. DAWKINS, Jr., Chief Judge.
Here the parents of eight Negro children, suing on behalf of these children and others similarly situated, seek a prohibitory injunction restraining the Bossier Parish School Board and its Superintendent, Emmett Cope, from: (1) denying minor plaintiffs admittance to white schools; (2) operating a bi-racial school system and assigning students to schools with regard to race; (3) maintaining dual school zones or attendance area lines based on race or color; (4) employing teachers and other school personnel on the basis of their race or color; (5) approving…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Karen Renee Augustus, a Minor, by Charles A. Augustus, Her Father, and Next Friend v. The Board of Public Instruction of Escambia County, FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Orleans Parish School Board v. Earl Benjamin BushCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Humble Pipe Line Co. v. WaggonnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Bush v. Orleans Parish School BoardDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1960
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Cannon v. University of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Laufman v. Oakley Bldg. & Loan Co.District Court, S.D. Ohio · 1976
- New York Stock Exchange, Inc. v. SloanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1975
- Green Street Association v. DaleyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1967
- Control Data Corp. v. International Business MacHines Corp.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1969
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