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Bush v. Orleans Parish School Board

District Court, E.D. Louisiana

Decided February 15, 1956No. Civ. A. 3630PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Per curiam

This class action is brought in behalf of minor children of the Negro race by their parents, guardians or next friends, seeking the aid ofLthe eourt in obtaining admission to the public schools of Orleans Parish on a nonsegregated basis. The complaint alleges the children have been denied admission to schools attended by white children under Article 12, § 1 of the Constitution of Louisiana, LSAConst., and Louisiana Acts 555 and 556 of 1954, LSA-R.S. 17:331 et seq., 17:81.1 and note, requiring segregation of the races in public elementary and high schools of the state.

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  3. Ex Parte PoreskySupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  4. Lee v. RoseberryDistrict Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1950
  5. Gray v. Board of Trustees of University of TennesseeDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1951

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Samuel Bailey v. Joe T. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. Nazareth Gates, and United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee v. John Collier, Superintendent, Mississippi State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
  3. United States v. Jefferson County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
  4. Joseph Moss v. Albert H. HornigCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
  5. Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham Board of EducationDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1958

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