Oberly v. Calcasieu Parish School Board
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Calcasieu; Alfred M. Barbe, Judge. Suit by Andrew Oberly against the Calcasieu Parish School Board and others. From an adverse judgment, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvo Sty, J.
Plaintiff is a white man. His wife appears to be white, and so does their child. After the child had attended the white schools from the age of 7 to that of 14 she was excluded therefrom by the school board as having negro blood, and this is a suit to compel her reinstatement. The' case does not involve any pecuniary amount, and does not fall in any one of the classes of cases of which jurisdiction is given to this court irrespective of amount. This court, therefore, has no jurisdiction of it. The matter involved in the suit is the civil or political right of the pupil to he admitted into the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- State ex rel. Rogers v. ParsonsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
- State ex rel. Third Ward Poll Tax Ass'n v. BriedeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
- State v. MayerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
3Cited by8 opinions
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- State ex rel. Allnet v. Board of HealthSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1924
- Edwards v. HayesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1942
- Thurber v. Board of HealthSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
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