Legal Opinion
Bush v. Orleans Parish School Board
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided February 15, 1956No. Civ. A. 3630PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.
This action in equity 1 is brought in behalf of minor Negro plaintiffs, and all Negroes similarly situated, 2 seeking a declaratory judgment 3 and injunctive relief against the defendants who maintain and operate, pursuant to state statute, 4 the public schools of the Parish of Orleans, Louisiana. Before the court at this time is the application for a temporary injunction.
The public schools of the City of New Orleans are segregated, that is, there are separate schools for white and Negro pupils. Plaintiffs allege that this segregation deprives them of equal…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Lane v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. RedwineSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Georgia Railroad & Banking v. RedwineSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Nazareth Gates, and United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee v. John Collier, Superintendent, Mississippi State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Jefferson County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham Board of EducationDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1958
- Hall v. St. Helena Parish School BoardDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1961
- Poindexter v. Louisiana Financial Assistance CommissionDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1968
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