Legal Opinion
Poindexter v. Louisiana Financial Assistance Commission
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided January 15, 1968No. Civ. A. 14683PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
This class action by Negro schoolchildren and their parents against the Louisiana Financial Assistance Commission and others 1 attacks the constitutionality of Act 147 of 1962 2 Under that law the Commission administers a program of tuition grants to pupils attending private schools in Louisiana. The United States intervened as a party plaintiff; 3 directors of four private schools for Negro retarded children intervened as parties defendant. 4
In an earlier opinion in this case the court disposed of various motions, including the defendants’ motion to dismiss for lack of…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Meyer v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Burton v. Wilmington Parking AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by58 opinions
- Serrano v. PriestCalifornia Supreme Court · 1971
- Norwood v. HarrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Gilmore v. City of MontgomerySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Green v. ConnallyDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1971
- Rev. Donald L. Jackson v. The Statler FoundationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
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