Legal Opinion
United States v. Louisiana
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 10, 1993No. 93-3061PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:
The State of Louisiana and the four governing boards of its public colleges and uni-versifies ask that we reverse the summary judgment granted in this desegregation case, vacate the remedial order, and remand for trial. Because summary judgment was improperly granted, we vacate the remedial order, reverse the liability judgment, and remand.
I. BACKGROUND
In the civil rights era Louisiana repealed its school segregation laws. The United States sued Louisiana in 1974 alleging that the State was still maintaining a racially discriminatory system of higher education violating…
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