Legal Opinion
Davis v. East Baton Rouge Parish School Board
District Court, M.D. Louisiana
Decided September 11, 1980No. Civ. A. 1662-APublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOHN V. PARKER, Chief Judge.
This school desegregation ease, like many other such cases, has bounced back and forth with regularity from district to appellate to district court levels since its original' filing in 1956. Its twists and turns are well documented in the reports of judicial decisions and they will not be detailed here. 1
The facts necessary to an understanding of the present posture of the case are: In 1960 the first order issued enjoining the school board from continuing to operate a racially segregated school system. In 1963, in response to a district court…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Green v. County School Board of New Kent CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- City of Mobile v. BoldenSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Columbus Board of Education v. PenickSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Davis v. East Baton Rouge Parish School BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Davis v. East Baton Rouge Parish School BoardDistrict Court, M.D. Louisiana · 1981
- Arthur v. NyquistDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1983
- Davis v. East Baton Rouge Parish School BoardDistrict Court, M.D. Louisiana · 1982
- Boyd v. Pointe Coupee Parish School BoardDistrict Court, M.D. Louisiana · 1983
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