Joyce Marie Moore v. Tangipahoa Parish School Board v. Elizabeth E. Moulds, Movant-Appellant

This 15-year-old desegregation suit is subject to the continuing jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. By order of January 27, 1977, the district judge directed that the defendants use objective criteria in the selection of school principals in order to ameliorate the racially biased method employed in the past and to aid in the achievement of a unitary school system.

Elizabeth Moulds, a white female teacher in the Tangipahoa Parish school system, three times sought a position as an elementary school principal within the system. Each time she…