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Louisiana Attorney General Reports

Decided May 1, 2009Published

1Opinion of the Court

Dear Mr. Haney:

You have requested an opinion from this Office regarding the ownership status of certain school board property in Iberia Parish. Specifically, you provide the following facts:

The Iberia Parish School Board ("the Board") acquired property, upon which is located one school, by a sale in 1926. The 1926 sale documents, which you have provided for our review, contain reversionary language that states that:

It is agreed and distinctly understood that the said property purchased by said Iberia Parish School Board shall be used for the purpose of erecting and maintaining a colored…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. Plessy v. FergusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  3. Evans v. NewtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. Canovsky v. GehrsenLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1927
  5. Evans v. AbneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970

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