Legal Opinion
Hughes v. Caddo Parish School Board
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided January 29, 1945No. Civil Action 1165PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PORTERIE, District Judge.
We will consider first the motion filed by the defendants to dismiss the petition of complainant for the lack of jurisdiction.. The issue to be decided is whether or not' we have been presented with a federal question.
The complaint is by the four parents of children attending the Byrd High School of Shreveport, Louisiana, who are members-of national Greek-letter fraternities, chapters of which have been in public existence at this school for a number of years. Act No. 342 of the Legislature of Louisiana for 1944, granting to the various parish school-boards the power…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Meyer v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- State Ex Rel. Rathe v. Jefferson Parish School BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1943
- Waugh v. Board of Trustees of Univ. of Miss.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Wilson v. Board of Education of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Madigan, Inc. v. GoodmanDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1972