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Case Name	United States of America v. Avoyelles Parish School Board	SD-LA-0004
Docket / Court	1:65-cv-12721-DDD ( W.D. La. )
State/Territory	Louisiana
Case Type(s)	School Desegregation
Attorney Organization	U.S. Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Division
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

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Issues

Constitutional Clause

Equal Protection

Content of Injunction

Busing

Discrimination Prohibition

Preliminary relief granted

Recordkeeping

Reporting

Student assignment

Defendant-type

Elementary/Secondary School

Discrimination-basis

Race discrimination

General

Disparate Treatment

Education

School/University Facilities

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

U.S. Dept of Justice plaintiff

Race

Black

Type of Facility

Government-run

Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 1983
Title IV, Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000c et seq.

Case Details

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Defendant(s)	Avoyelles Parish
Plaintiff Description	The United States and, later, private plaintiff intervenor
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	U.S. Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Division
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	No
Nature of Relief	Preliminary injunction / Temp. restraining order Declaratory Judgment Attorneys fees Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief	Litigation
Form of Settlement	Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Filing Year	1967
Case Closing Year	2018
Case Ongoing	No

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	Avoyelles Parish Public Schools: Louisiana School for the Agricultural Sciences’ Admission Policies as a Breeding Ground for a Return to Legal Segregation SSRN Date: Mar. 15, 2017 By: Daisha Latrice Hodges (Southern University Law Center Law Student) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]

Documents

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Docket(s)

65-12721 (W.D. La.) SD-LA-0004-9001.pdf \| Detail Date: 04/15/2005 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
1:65-cv-12721-DDD (W.D. La.) SD-LA-0004-9000.pdf \| Detail Date: 07/22/2016 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Ruling [ECF# 48] (2009 WL 1505305) (W.D. La.) SD-LA-0004-0003.pdf \| WESTLAW \| Detail Date: 05/28/2009 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Ruling and Order [ECF# 131] (2011 WL 2356977) (W.D. La.) SD-LA-0004-0004.pdf \| WESTLAW \| Detail Date: 03/22/2011 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Supplemental Motion to Submit Minutes of the Needs Assessment Committee of the Avoyelles Parish School Board [ECF# 220] SD-LA-0004-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 02/25/2012 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Judgment [ECF# 213] (W.D. La.) SD-LA-0004-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 12/14/2012 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Memorandum and Ruling [ECF# 365] (2016 WL 3636698) (W.D. La.) SD-LA-0004-0005.pdf \| WESTLAW \| Detail Date: 06/29/2016 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People

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Judges	Drell, Dee D. (W.D. La.) show/hide docs SD-LA-0004-0001 \| SD-LA-0004-0003 \| SD-LA-0004-0004 \| SD-LA-0004-0005
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Dann, Mark (District of Columbia) show/hide docs SD-LA-0004-9000 Hebert, Janice E. (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0004-9000 \| SD-LA-0004-9001 Holmes, Allen (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0004-9001 Jeansonne, Mark A. (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0004-9000 Knoll, Eddie (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0004-9001 Larvadain, Malcom Xerxes (Virginia) show/hide docs SD-LA-0004-9000 Marshall, Franz (District of Columbia) show/hide docs SD-LA-0004-9000 \| SD-LA-0004-9001 Reno, Janet (District of Columbia) show/hide docs SD-LA-0004-9001 Taylor, Lisa M. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs SD-LA-0004-9000 Vincent, Katherine (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0004-9000 Wilson, Ryan C (District of Columbia) show/hide docs SD-LA-0004-9000 Zisser, Aaron B. (California) show/hide docs SD-LA-0004-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Ieyoub, Richard P. (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0004-9001 Kelly, Michael F. (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0004-9000 Lafargue, David Edwin (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0004-9000 \| SD-LA-0004-9001 Lee, James T. (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0004-9000 Riddle, Charles A. III (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0004-0002 \| SD-LA-0004-9000 \| SD-LA-0004-9001 Roy, Cory P. (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0004-9000 Starns, Remy V. (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0004-9000 \| SD-LA-0004-9001
Other Lawyers	Foti, Charles C. Jr. (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0004-9000 Pecantte-Burton, Lucretia P. (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0004-9000 Rabalais, Rodney M. (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0004-9000

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