Legal Opinion
Zanders v. Louisiana State Board of Education
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided March 8, 1968No. Civ. A. 13427PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEN C. DAWKINS, Jr., Chief Judge.
RULING
Unlike the great majority of civil rights controversies, this one, oddly enough, basically and exclusively involves a clash among members of the Negro race.
Except that the members of the Louisiana State Board of Education, all white, who reviewed the case in a full trial de novo, there were no racial overtones presented. From all that appears in the Record, the Board “leaned over backward” in hearing and deciding the case. As hereinafter noted, plaintiffs’ counsel, an experienced expert in the field involved, conceded that the Board, having ultimate…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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- United States v. United Mine Workers of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrathSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Powe v. MilesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- Esteban v. Central Missouri State CollegeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
- Glen K. Winnick v. John J. Manning, Jr., Associate Dean of Students, University of ConnecticutCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Barker v. HardwayDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1968
- Powe v. MilesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
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