Legal Opinion
LeBlanc v. Rapides Parish Police Jury
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided December 24, 1969No. Civ. A. No. 13715PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
HUNTER, District Judge:
J. Hall LeBlanc, a registered voter of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, brought this class action to procure reapportionment of the Rapides Parish School Board.1 The suit is predicated on the theory that there is a wide disparity between the population of Ward One, and the populations of the other Wards which comprise Rapides Parish. Consequently, plaintiff urges that this situation causes the efficacy of his representation (and that of all members of his class similarly situated) on the School Board to be diluted in violation of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth…
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