Opinion

St. Helena Parish School Board v. Hall

  • 368 U.S. 515
  • 82 S. Ct. 529
  • 7 L. Ed. 2d 521
  • 1962 U.S. LEXIS 1772
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Filed
Feb 19, 1962
Status
Published
On the bench
Per Curiam
Cited by
1 cases
Authority
More cited than 47.8%

a state statute which excludes children from school on the basis of their place of residence is irrational

How later courts described this case

  • a state statute which excludes children from school on the basis of their place of residence is irrational

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

368 U.S. 515 (1962)

ST. HELENA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD ET AL.

v.

HALL ET AL.

No. 586.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 19, 1962.

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Attorney General of Louisiana, W. Scott Wilkinson and Victor A. Sachse, Special Assistant Attorneys General, Carroll Buck, M. E. Culligan, George M. Ponder, John E. Jackson, Jr., William P. Schuler, Dorothy Wolbrette, L. K. Clement, Jr. and Harry J. Kron, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, Albin P. Lassiter and Thompson L. Clarke for appellants.

Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit III and A. P. Tureaud for appellees.

PER CURIAM.

The motion to affirm is granted and the judgment is affirmed.

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