Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University, Etc. v. Willson Fleming, Jr.

This appeal is from the district court’s judgment enjoining the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College, Theo F. Cangelosi, Acting Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, Troy H. Middleton, President of the University and W. R. Burleson, Registrar of the Louisiana State University in New Orleans, from denying the appellees and members of their class admission to Louisiana State University in New Orleans.

Appellants contend that the rule set forth in Ex parte Young, 1908, 209 U.S. 123, 28 S.Ct. 441, 52 L.Ed. 714, however applicable to state…