Marcus Gordon v. Jefferson Davis Parish School Board

(dissenting) :

I respectfully dissent.

“Closing schools for racial reasons would be unconstitutional.” Lee v. Macon County, 5 Cir. 1971, 448 F.2d 746. Accord: Bivins v. Bibb County, 5 Cir. 1972, 460 F.2d 430 [1972]; West Point Municipal School District, 5 Cir. 1971, 446 F.2d 1362; Gordon v. Jefferson Davis Parish, 5 Cir. 1971, 446 F.2d 266; Wright v. Board of Public Instruction of Alachua County, 5 Cir. 1970, 431 F.2d 1200; Carr v. Montgomery County, 5 Cir. 1970, 429 F.2d 382; Choctaw County Board of Education v. United States, 5 Cir. 1969, 417 F.2d 845. “Such a plan places the burden of…