Legal Opinion
Lena Vern Dandridge v. Jefferson Parish School Board
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 11, 1972No. 71-2542PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEWIN, Circuit Judge:
Upon a motion for further relief by Lena Dandridge and the other members of her plaintiff class, the district court, 332 F.Supp. 590, ordered the implementation of a new desegregation plan in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. The Jefferson Parish School Board appeals from that order. We affirm.
In 1969 the district court approved a desegregation plan for Jefferson Parish. In 1971, following the decision in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, 1 plaintiffs filed a Motion for Further Relief. At that time there remained in Jefferson Parish 19 one race schools — 4 all…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Dandridge v. Jefferson Parish School BoardDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1971
3Cited by12 opinions
- United States v. Texas Education Agency (Austin Independent School District)Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- United States v. The Board of Education of Valdosta, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Citizens for a Better Gretna v. City of Gretna, La.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1986
- Lee v. Tuscaloosa City School SystemCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Doris Elaine Brown v. The Board of Education of the City of Bessemer, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
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