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Adams v. Mathews, 26501-26541

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Decision Date24 September 1968
Docket Number26452.,No. 26501-26541,26544,26501-26541
Citation403 F.2d 181
PartiesRobert L. ADAMS, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. Charles F. MATHEWS et al., Defendants-Appellees. Welton J. CHARLES et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. ASCENSION PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees. Yvonne Marie BOYD et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. POINTE COUPEE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees. Lawrence HALL et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. ST. HELENA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees. James WILLIAMS, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. IBERVILLE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees. Terry Lynn DUNN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. LIVINGSTON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LA SALLE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees. Virgie Lee VALLEY et al., Plaintiffs, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. RAPIDES PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LINCOLN PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AVOYELLES PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DE SOTO PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GRANT PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees. Beryl N. JONES et al., Plaintiffs, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. CADDO PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BIENVILLE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees. Ura Bernard LEMON et al., Plaintiffs, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. BOSSIER PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees. Yvornia Decarol BANKS et al., Plaintiffs, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. CLAIBORNE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees. Irma J. SMITH, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. CONCORDIA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees. Margaret M. JOHNSON et al., Plaintiffs, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. JACKSON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RICHLAND PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EAST CARROLL PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant. v. HINDS COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION et al., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTH PIKE COUNTY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORTH PIKE COUNTY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees. Dian HUDSON et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, United States of America, Amicus Curiae-Appellant, v. LEAKE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMITE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees. Joan ANDERSON et al., Plaintiffs, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. CANTON MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees. Joan ANDERSON et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. The CANTON MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., and the Madison County School District et al., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MARION COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LAWRENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees. Buford A. LEE et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America et al., Defendants-Appellants, v. Milton EVANS, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COVINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COLUMBIA MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PHILADELPHIA MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NOXUBEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NESHOBA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees. John BARNHARDT et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. MERIDIAN MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LAUDERDALE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. KEMPER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WILKINSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees. Jeremiah BLACKWELL, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, United States of America, Amicus Curiae-Appellant, v. The ANQUILLA LINE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., and the Sharkey-Issaquena Line Consolidated School District et al., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NATCHEZ SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees. Donald Jerome THOMAS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees. Beatrice ALEXANDER et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HOLMES COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION et al., Defendants-Appellees. Roy Lee HARRIS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The YAZOO COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION et al., Defendants-Appellees. Charles KILLINGSWORTH et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The ENTERPRISE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., the Quitman Consolidated School District et al., and the Clark County Board of Education et al., Defendants-Appellees. Anson GRAVES, a minor, by his father and next friend, Fletcher Graves et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WALTON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION et al., Defendants-Appellees.
CourtU.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit

403 F.2d 181 (1968)

Robert L. ADAMS, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. Charles F. MATHEWS et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Welton J. CHARLES et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. ASCENSION PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Yvonne Marie BOYD et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. POINTE COUPEE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Lawrence HALL et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. ST. HELENA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

James WILLIAMS, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. IBERVILLE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Terry Lynn DUNN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. LIVINGSTON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LA SALLE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Virgie Lee VALLEY et al., Plaintiffs, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. RAPIDES PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LINCOLN PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AVOYELLES PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DE SOTO PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GRANT PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Beryl N. JONES et al., Plaintiffs, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. CADDO PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BIENVILLE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Ura Bernard LEMON et al., Plaintiffs, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. BOSSIER PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Yvornia Decarol BANKS et al., Plaintiffs, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. CLAIBORNE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Irma J. SMITH, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. CONCORDIA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Margaret M. JOHNSON et al., Plaintiffs, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. JACKSON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RICHLAND PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EAST CARROLL PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant. v. HINDS COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION et al., Defendants-Appellees.

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTH PIKE COUNTY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees.

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORTH PIKE COUNTY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Dian HUDSON et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, United States of America, Amicus Curiae-Appellant, v. LEAKE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMITE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Joan ANDERSON et al., Plaintiffs, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. CANTON MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Joan ANDERSON et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. The CANTON MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., and the Madison County School District et al., Defendants-Appellees.

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MARION COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees.

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LAWRENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Buford A. LEE et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America et al., Defendants-Appellants, v. Milton EVANS, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COVINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees.

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COLUMBIA MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees.

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PHILADELPHIA MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees.

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NOXUBEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees.

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NESHOBA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees.

John BARNHARDT et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. MERIDIAN MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees.

UNITED STATES of America et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LAUDERDALE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees.

UNITED STATES of America et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. KEMPER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WILKINSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Jeremiah BLACKWELL, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, United States of America, Amicus Curiae-Appellant, v. The ANQUILLA LINE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., and the Sharkey-Issaquena Line Consolidated School District et al., Defendants-Appellees.

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NATCHEZ SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Donald Jerome THOMAS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Beatrice ALEXANDER et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HOLMES COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Roy Lee HARRIS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The YAZOO COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Charles KILLINGSWORTH et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The ENTERPRISE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., the Quitman Consolidated School District et al., and the Clark County Board of Education et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Anson GRAVES, a minor, by his father and next friend, Fletcher Graves et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WALTON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Nos. 26501-26541, 26544, 26452.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

August 20, 1968.

As Modified and Clarified on Denial of Rehearing September 24, 1968.

Stephen Pollack, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Civ.Div., Nathan Lewin, John M. Rosenberg, Merle W. Loper, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Richard B. Hardee, U. S. Atty., Tyler, Tex., Louis LaCour, U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., Edward L. Shaheen, U. S. Atty., Shreveport, La., Robert E. Hauberg, U. S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., for appellant the United States in all cases.

Franklin E. White, New York City, Louis R. Lucas, Memphis, Tenn., Jack Greenberg, New York City, A. P. Tureaud, A. M. Trudeau, Jr., New Orleans, La., Reuben V. Anderson, Jackson, Miss., for appellants Hall and others in No. 26504.

Howard Moore, Jr., Peter E. Rindskopf, Atlanta, Ga., Conrad K. Harper, New York City, for appellants Graves and others in No. 26452.

For appellees:

Before WISDOM, GOLDBERG, and MORGAN, Circuit Judges. 

                No. 26501 — Henry Harbour, Longview
                            Tex
                No. 26502 — Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty
                            Gen., Baton Rouge, La., Aubert
                            D. Talbot, Dist. Atty
                            Napoleonville, La
                No. 26503 — Samuel C. Cashio, Dist.
                            Atty., Plaquemine, La., John
                            T. Ward, Jr., Baton Rouge,
                            La.
                No. 26504 — Thomas McFerrin, Asst.
                            Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge,
                            La., Leonard Yokum, Dist.
                            Atty., Amite, La.
                No. 26505 — Sam C. Cashio, Dist. Atty.,
                            Plaquemine, La., Harry J.
                            Kron, Jr., Thibodeux, La.,
                            John F. Ward, Jr., Baton
                            Rouge, La.
                No. 26506 — Thomas McFerrin, Asst.
                            Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge,
                            La., Leonard Yokum, Dist.
                            Atty., Amite, La.
                No. 26507 — Lewis R. Sleeth, Dist. Atty.,
                            Columbia, La.
                No. 26508 — Edwin O. Ware, Dist. Atty.,
                            Alexandria, La.
                No. 26509 — Thomas McFerrin, Asst.
                            Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge,
                            La., Regan D. Madden, Dist.
                            Atty., Ruston, La.
                No. 26510 — Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty.
                            Gen., Baton Rouge, La.
                No. 26511 — J. Revel Boone, Dist. Atty.,
                            Thomas A. Self, Asst. Dist.
                            Atty., Many, La.
                No. 26512 — Sam L. Wells, Dist. Atty.,
                            Colfax, La.
                No. 26513 — John A. Richardson, Dist.
                            Atty., Shreveport, La., Jack
                            P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen.,
                            Baton Rouge, La.
                Nos. 26514,
                    26518 — Fred L. Jackson, Dist. Atty.,
                            Homer, La.
                No. 26515 — William P. Schuler, Asst.
                            Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge,
                            La., Louis H. Padgett, Jr.,
                            Dist. Atty., Bossier City,
                            La., J. Bennett Johnston,
                            Jr., Shreveport, La.
                No. 26516 — Fred L. Jackson, Dist. Atty.,
                            Homer, La., Jack P. F. Gremillion,
                            Atty. Gen., Baton
                            Rouge, La.
                No. 26517 — W. C. Falkenheimer, Dist.
                            Atty., Vidalia, La.
                No. 26519 — E. Rudolph McIntyre, Dist.
                            Atty., Winnsboro, La., William
                            R. Coenen, First Asst.
                            Dist. Atty., Rayville, La.
                No. 26520 — Thomas L. Clarke, Dist.
                            Atty., St. Joseph, La.
                No. 26521 — Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen.,
                            John M. Putnam, Robert C.
                            Cannada, Jackson, Miss.
                No. 26522 — Robert S. Reeves, Magnolia,
                            Miss.
                 
                No. 26523 — John G. Roach, Jr., McComb,
                            Miss., Thomas H. Watkins,
                            Jackson, Miss.
                No. 26524 —
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