Legal Opinion
John Bradas v. Rapides Parish Police Jury, Louis Berry, Intervenors-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 19, 1975No. 74-2422PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:
By a judgment rendered May 1, 1974, amended and supplemented May 10, 1974, the district court struck down as violative of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution a reapportionment plan (the Le Blanc plan) for the Rapides Parish Police Jury and School Board he had both instituted and approved three years earlier. 1 The May, 1974 judgment 2 is the subject of the instant appeal by the Rapides Parish Police Jury and School Board. That judgment, after nullifying the Le Blanc plan, adopted a substitute plan, discussed in detail hereinafter, and provided that the terms of…
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3Cited by42 opinions
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