Legal Opinion

Davis v. East Baton Rouge Parish School Board

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 15, 1983No. Nos. 80-3922, 81-3476, 82-3298 and 82-3412PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

This twenty-seven year old school desegregation case is before the court for the fourth time. We are now called upon to review the district court’s 1980 summary judgment that the East Baton Rouge Parish (EBRP) school system remained a dual system and to review the district court’s imposition of a detailed plan for achieving the measure of desegregation required by the Constitution. Also before us is that court’s denial of a motion to intervene filed by a group of citizens of Baton Rouge. We affirm each decision and remand the cause to the district court for further…

2Cases cited44 opinions

  1. Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  3. Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Morgan v. NucciCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
  2. Jenkins v. MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
  3. Vaughns v. Bd. of Educ. of Prince George's CountyDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1984
  4. United States v. LouisianaDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1988
  5. Jenkins v. State of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987

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