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Case Name	Graham v. Evangeline Parish School Board	SD-LA-0016
Docket / Court	6:65-cv-11053-TLM ( 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

Develop anti-discrimination policy

Implement complaint/dispute resolution process

Monitoring

Other requirements regarding hiring, promotion, retention

Preliminary relief granted

Reporting

Required disclosure

Defendant-type

Elementary/Secondary School

Jurisdiction-wide

Discrimination-basis

Race discrimination

General

Buildings

Disparate Impact

Disparate Treatment

Education

Funding

Racial segregation

School/University Facilities

School/University policies

Staff (number, training, qualifications, wages)

Transportation

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 VI, Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000d et seq.

Case Details

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Defendant(s)	Evangeline Parish School Board
Plaintiff Description	African American school-children and United States Department of Justice.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	U.S. Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Division
Class action status sought	Unknown
Class action status granted	Unknown
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	Defendant
Public Int. Lawyer	No
Nature of Relief	Preliminary injunction / Temp. restraining order Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief	Settlement
Form of Settlement	Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Order Duration	1970 - 2012
Filing Year	1965
Case Closing Year	2012
Case Ongoing	No

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Case Listing	SD-LA-0037 : 29 Related School Desegregation Cases in the Western District of Louisiana (W.D. La.)

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Documents

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Docket(s)

65-11053 (W.D. La.) SD-LA-0016-9001.pdf \| Detail Date: 06/29/1998 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
6:65-cv-11053-TLM (W.D. La.) SD-LA-0016-9000.pdf \| Detail Date: 05/16/2012 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

[Order] (348 F.2d 729) SD-LA-0016-0010.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 06/22/1965 Source: Westlaw
[Order] (244 F.Supp. 583) (W.D. La.) SD-LA-0016-0002.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 08/13/1965 Source: Westlaw
[Order] (355 F.2d 865) SD-LA-0016-0011.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 01/26/1966 Source: Westlaw
[Order] (392 F.2d 721) SD-LA-0016-0004.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 03/27/1968 Source: Westlaw
[Order] (417 F.2d 801) SD-LA-0016-0003.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 05/28/1969 Source: Westlaw
[Order] (303 F.Supp. 394) (W.D. La.) SD-LA-0016-0005.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 06/05/1969 Source: Westlaw
[Order] (484 F.2d 649) SD-LA-0016-0009.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 08/22/1973 Source: Westlaw
Memorandum for the United States in Opposition SD-LA-0016-0024.pdf \| Detail Date: 10/01/1973 Source: Papers of Alexander (Sandy) Ross
Correspondence to Court from Defendant (enclosing data related to consent decree) [ECF# 2] SD-LA-0016-0013.pdf \| Detail Date: 06/14/2000 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Letter to the Court Re: Graham and United States v. Evangeline Parish School Board; Civil Action No. 11,053 (W.D. La) Our File No. OPB-1158 [submitting report] [ECF# 3] SD-LA-0016-0014.pdf \| Detail Date: 10/26/2000 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Superseding Consent Decree [ECF# 17] (W.D. La.) SD-LA-0016-0015.pdf \| Detail Date: 06/28/2001 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order [ECF# 45] (W.D. La.) SD-LA-0016-0017.pdf \| Detail Date: 05/31/2002 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
[Order] (223 F.R.D. 407) (W.D. La.) SD-LA-0016-0006.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 09/01/2004 Source: Westlaw
Order [ECF# 170] (W.D. La.) SD-LA-0016-0019.pdf \| Detail Date: 10/01/2004 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Graham v. Evangeline Parish School Board (132 Fed.Appx. 507) SD-LA-0016-0007.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 05/17/2005 Source: Westlaw
Order [ECF# 226] (W.D. La.) SD-LA-0016-0020.pdf \| Detail Date: 08/13/2006 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Consent Order [ECF# 356] (W.D. La.) SD-LA-0016-0021.pdf \| Detail Date: 12/22/2009 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order [ECF# 370] (W.D. La.) SD-LA-0016-0022.pdf \| Detail Date: 08/02/2011 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Judgment (2012 WL 1833400) (W.D. La.) SD-LA-0016-0008.pdf \| WESTLAW \| Detail Date: 05/16/2012 Source: Westlaw
Judgment { In Regards to Motion for Declaration of Unitary Status and to Dismiss} [ECF# 392] (W.D. La.) SD-LA-0016-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 05/16/2012 Source: Pro Publica
Judgment [ECF# 392] (W.D. La.) SD-LA-0016-0023.pdf \| Detail Date: 05/16/2012 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

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Judges	Bell, Griffin Boyette (Fifth Circuit) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-0004 Cabot, Ted (S.D. Fla.) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-0003 Dawkins, Benjamin Cornwell Jr. (W.D. La.) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-0005 Garwood, William Lockhart (Fifth Circuit) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-0007 Godbold, John Cooper (Fifth Circuit, Eleventh Circuit) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-0003 Hunter, Edwin Ford Jr. (W.D. La.) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-0005 Hutcheson, Joseph Chappell Jr. (S.D. Tex., Fifth Circuit) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-0010 Ingraham, Joe McDonald (S.D. Tex., Fifth Circuit) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-0009 Jones, Edith Hollan (Fifth Circuit) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-0007 Melancon, Tucker L. (W.D. La.) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-0001 \| SD-LA-0016-0006 \| SD-LA-0016-0008 \| SD-LA-0016-0015 \| SD-LA-0016-0017 \| SD-LA-0016-0019 \| SD-LA-0016-0020 \| SD-LA-0016-0021 \| SD-LA-0016-0022 \| SD-LA-0016-0023 \| SD-LA-0016-9000 Prado, Edward Charles (W.D. Tex., Fifth Circuit) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-0007 Putnam, Richard Johnson (W.D. La.) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-0002 \| SD-LA-0016-0005 Roney, Paul Hitch (FISCR, Fifth Circuit, Eleventh Circuit) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-0009 Simpson, John Milton Bryan (S.D. Fla., Eleventh Circuit, M.D. Fla., Fifth Circuit) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-0004 Thornberry, William Homer (W.D. Tex., Fifth Circuit) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-0011 Tuttle, Elbert Parr (Fifth Circuit, Eleventh Circuit) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-0004 Whitaker, Samuel Estill () show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-0011 Wisdom, John Minor (Fifth Circuit) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-0010 \| SD-LA-0016-0011
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Ashlock, Jules R. (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-9001 Aucoin, Preston N. (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-9001 Bell, Murphy W. (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-9000 \| SD-LA-0016-9001 Brown, John Robert (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-0003 \| SD-LA-0016-0009 \| SD-LA-0016-0010 Burson, I. Jackson (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-9000 \| SD-LA-0016-9001 Chachkin, Norman J. (New York) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-9000 \| SD-LA-0016-9001 Dorris, Evanjerl (District of Columbia) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-0015 Flanagan, William J. (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-0015 Ford, Margrett (New York) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-9000 \| SD-LA-0016-9001 Hebert, Janice E. (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-0015 \| SD-LA-0016-9000 \| SD-LA-0016-9001 Manuel, B.J. (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-9000 \| SD-LA-0016-9001 McGee, Daniel J. (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-9000 \| SD-LA-0016-9001 Morial, Ernest N. (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-9001 Perez, Thomas E. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-0021 Skinner, Michael D. (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-9000 \| SD-LA-0016-9001 Soileau, Donald (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-9000 \| SD-LA-0016-9001 Taylor, Lisa M. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-0021 \| SD-LA-0016-9000 Trudeau, A.M. (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-9001 Tureaud, A. P. (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-9001 Vincent, Katherine (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-0021 \| SD-LA-0016-9000 Washington, Donald W. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-0021 White, Marion Overton (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-0021 \| SD-LA-0016-9000 \| SD-LA-0016-9001
Defendant's Lawyers	Coreil, C. Brent (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-9001 Demoruelle, John (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-9001 Gremillion, Jack P.F. (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-9001 Hammonds, Robert L. (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-0013 \| SD-LA-0016-0014 \| SD-LA-0016-0015 \| SD-LA-0016-0021 \| SD-LA-0016-9001 Ieyoub, Richard P. (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-9001 Kron, Harry Jr. (Louisiana) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-9001 Marshall, Franz (District of Columbia) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-0015 \| SD-LA-0016-0021 \| SD-LA-0016-9001
Other Lawyers	Bork, Robert Heron (District of Columbia) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-0024 Pottinger, J. Stanley (District of Columbia) show/hide docs SD-LA-0016-0024

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