Legal Opinion
Smith Ex Rel. Smith v. Sch. Bd. of Concordia Parish
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 12, 2018No. 17-30548PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHEN A. HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge:
In 2012, Delta Charter Group sought to open a public charter school in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, which is under a long-standing desegregation order overseen by the Western District of Louisiana. Louisiana law states that charter schools "shall ... [b]e subject to any court-ordered desegregation plan in effect for the city or parish school system." La. Stat. Ann. § 17:3991(C). Delta therefore intervened in this case and asked United States District Judge Dee Drell for permission to operate in Concordia Parish. The district court granted permission after…
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