Marcus Gordon v. Jefferson Davis Parish School Board

With deference to the views of my distinguished Colleagues on this panel, I must record my dissent.

Under the plan approved by Judge Hunter, from which this appeal was taken, the Jefferson Davis Parish schools are fully integrated.

By virtue of the decision now being rendered by the majority the Fifth Circuit is, I think for the first time, wading off into arranging, or supervising the arrangement of attendance centers in unitary school systems. I feel that this is not Constitutionally required and, is, in fact, beyond the jurisdiction of this Court in the enforcement of Fourteenth Amendment…