Legal Opinion
Virgie Lee Valley, United States of America, Intervenor v. Rapides Parish School Board, Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General of the State of Louisiana
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 26, 1998No. 97-30323PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
The Attorney General of Louisiana appeals a judgment striking a state constitutional amendment and invalidating implementing legislation designed to divide the Rapides Parish School District into two districts. Finding this case not ripe for review, we vacate and remand.
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The Rapides Parish School Board (“RPSB”) operated a constitutionally impermissible dual school system — one for whites and one for non-whites — at the time of Brown v. Board of Educ., 347 U.S. 483, 74 S.Ct. 686, 98 L.Ed. 873 (1954) {Brown I). In light of Brown and its progeny — which directed…
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