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  • Lemon v. Bossier Parish School Board

    240 F. Supp. 743 · District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Apr 28, 1965

    Consequently, and since operation of segregated schools in Louisiana has been declared to be unconstitutional, Orleans Parish School Board v. … Bush, 242 F.2d 156 (5 Cir. 1957) cert, denied, 354 U.S. 921 , 77 S.Ct. 1380 , 1 L.Ed.2d 1436 (see also Bush v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Topolewski v. Police Jury

    District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Feb 4, 2025

    See Wilkerson v. Columbus Separate School Dist., 985 F.2d 815, 818 (5th Cir. 1993) (holding that members of the school board’s statement were admissible because the board members were agents of the school district). … board.

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  • Zanders v. Louisiana State Board of Education

    281 F. Supp. 747 · District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Mar 8, 1968

    Burnside v. Byars, 363 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir. 1966); Blackwell v. Issaquena County Board of Education, 363 F.2d 749 (5th Cir. 1966); Due v. … Mar-shall Brown, Chairman of the State Board of Education: “THE CHAIR: I understand, and I’m bending over backwards to be fair to you. MR. SOBOL: I know you are, and I appreciate that.” (State Bd. pp. 447-448.)

    Cited 26 timesPublished
  • Valley v. Rapides Parish School Board

    499 F. Supp. 490 · District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Aug 6, 1980

    However, the suggested alternatives for Group V have compelled changes in our original plan. … Appropriate plans *496 and recommendations should be submitted by the School Board prior to January 1, 1981.

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  • Ledet v. Western District Court of Texas

    District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Jun 14, 2023

    Newsome v. … Green v. McKaskle, 788 F.2d 1116, 1119 (5th Cir. 1986) (citing, inter alia, Brown v.

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  • Doe v. Sabine Parish School Board

    24 F. Supp. 2d 655 · District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Oct 27, 1998

    indifference” by the board. … The Court applied Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Chargois v. Vermilion Parish School Board

    348 F. Supp. 498 · District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Jun 29, 1972

    In Abate v. … Before implementing this plan, the School Board and Police Jury must comply with Section 5 and obtain such approval. Allen v. State Board of Elections, 393 U.S. 544 , 89 S.Ct. 817 , 22 L.Ed.2d 1 (1969).

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Smith v. Concordia Parish School Board

    331 F. Supp. 330 · District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Aug 18, 1971

    Sibley v. Ascension Parish School Bd., 1953, 222 La. 923 , 64 So. 2d 221 . … Meyer v. Tangipahoa Parish School Bd., App.1945, 21 So.2d 189 . § 443.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • United States v. Bossier Parish School Board

    220 F. Supp. 243 · District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Aug 20, 1963

    Brown v. Board of Education, 349 U.S. 294 , 75 S.Ct. 753 , 99 L.Ed. 1083 (1955). … Brown v. Board of Education, 349 U.S. 294 , 75 S.Ct. 753 , 99 L.Ed. 1083 (1955); Board of Education of St. Mary’s County v. Groves, 261 F.2d 527 , (C.A.4, 1958); Orleans Parish School Board v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Abbeville

    District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Sep 12, 2025

    UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE DIVISION QUAYLAIN BROWN … Brown v. Stalder, 2025 WL 2004687 at 2 (M.D. La. July 17, 2025) (slip copy) (citing Alcala v. Texas Webb County, 625 F. Supp. 2d 391, 398–99 (S.D. Tex. 2009)).

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  • Howell v. Winn Parish School Board

    377 F. Supp. 816 · District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Jul 2, 1974

    It bears little repeating that a School Board is not a person within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 . City of Kenosha, Wisconsin v. … He urged that the Board’s failure to secure the compulsory attendance of two witnesses rendered a due process hearing impossible. In twin landmark decisions, Board of Regents v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Valley v. Rapides Parish School Board

    992 F. Supp. 848 · District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Jan 5, 1998

    United States v. Jordan, 49 F.3d 152, 156 (5th Cir.1995). … Chitimacha, 690 F.2d at 1165, n. 3 ; Delesdemier v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Valley v. Rapides Parish School Board

    960 F. Supp. 96 · District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Mar 11, 1997

    See Brown v. Board of Education (Brown II), 349 U.S. 294 , 75 S.Ct. 753 , 99 L.Ed. 1083 (1955), Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Bd. of Educ., 402 U.S. 1 , 91 S.Ct. 1267 , 28 L.Ed.2d 554 (1971), Green v. … United States v. Scotland Neck City Board of Education, 407 U.S. 484, 489 , 92 S.Ct. 2214, 2217 , 33 L.Ed.2d 75 (1972), (citing Wright v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Heard v. Ouachita Parish School Board

    94 F. Supp. 897 · District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Jan 22, 1951

    This court in the case of Whitmyer v. … Subsequently, in Mills v. Board of Education, D.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Chavis

    District Court, W.D. Louisiana · May 27, 2025

    Link v. Wabash R.R. Co., 370 U.S. 626, 630-31 (1962). … See Douglass v. United Services Automobile Association, 79 F.3d 1415 (5th Cir. 1996). In Chambers, Monroe, Louisiana, this 27" day of May, 2025.

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  • Brown v. Stinson

    District Court, W.D. Louisiana · May 19, 2025

    Link v. Wabash R.R. Co., 370 U.S. 626, 630-31 (1962). … Accordingly, IT IS RECOMMENDED that Plaintiff Willie Earl Brown's Complaint, [doc. # 1], be DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.

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  • Gilbert v. Webster Parish School Board

    382 F. Supp. 8 · District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Jul 19, 1974

    Duval County School Board, 5th Cir. 1971, 447 F.2d 1330 . The plaintiff has postulated the argument that the degrading of black schools is contra to the spirit of Brown I. Brown v. … (See Part V., above.) The plan submitted by the School Board appears educationally sound, but constitutionally defective.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Brown v. McShaw

    District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Mar 10, 2025

    See U.S. v. … See Quinn v. Roach, 326 F. App’x 280, 292 (5th Cir. 2009); Workman v. Calogero, 174 Fed. App’x. 824, 826 (5th Cir. 2006); see also Brown v. Dove, 519 F.

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  • Rambo v. Morehouse Parish School Board

    37 F. Supp. 2d 482 · District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Jan 19, 1999

    Rambo asks this court to find defendants in contempt of its order of 1 May 1975 in the case of Hayes v. Morehouse Parish School Board, CV No. 74-951-M (“Hayes order”). … Second, the School Board’s misinterpretation of the Hayes order does not preclude a finding of contempt. See Morgan *487 v. Kerrigan, 509 F.2d 618 (1st Cir.1975).

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Chavis

    District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Apr 1, 2025

    Toyf Ky Me bus by AYLA DYE MCCLUSKY MAGISTRATE JUDGE ' See Link v. Wabash Railroad Company, 82 S. Ct. 1386 (1962); Rogers v. … Kroger, Co., 669 F.2d 317, 320-21 (Sth Cir. 1982); Natural Gas Pipeline Co. v. Energy Gathering, Inc. 2 F.3d 1397, 1407 (Sth Cir. 1993).

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