Legal Opinion
Bush v. Orleans Parish School Board
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided November 30, 1960No. Civ. A. 3630, 10329, 10566PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Called into extraordinary session for November 4, 1960, just ten days before the day fixed by this court for the partial desegregation of the New Orleans public schools, 1 the Louisiana Legislature promptly enacted 25 measures 2 designed to halt, or at least forestall, the implementation of the Orleans Parish School Board’s announced proposal to admit five Negro girls of first grade age to formerly ■all-white schools. The first of these, Act 2 of the First Extraordinary Session ■of 1960, LSA-R.S. 49:801 et seq., 3 is the so-called “interposition” statute by which Louisiana declares that it…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Marbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1803
- M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Cohens v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1821
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by51 opinions
- Palmer v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. Jefferson County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Bossier Parish School Board v. Ura Bernard LemonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Hall v. St. Helena Parish School BoardDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1961
- Poindexter v. Louisiana Financial Assistance CommissionDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1968
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