Legal Opinion
Melancon v. State Board of Education
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 30, 1966No. 48182PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON MOTION TO DISMISS.
HAMITER, Justice.
The eleven plaintiffs herein, who are residents of the Parish of Lafayette, instituted this proceeding to enjoin the State Board of Education and its individual members from carrying out a resolution of such board which approved'the establishment in New Iberia (Iberia Parish) of an educational center or branch of the University of Southwestern Louisiana (located in Lafayette Parish).
The district court held that the resolution of the board contravened Article IV, Section 14 of the Constitution of Louisiana which prohibits the establishment of an…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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