445 F2d 1400 Dunn v. Livingston Parish School Board

445 F.2d 1400

Terry Lynn DUNN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
LIVINGSTON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

No. 30107.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 1, 1971.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana; R. Blake West, Judge.

William R. Traub, Philadelphia, Pa., A. P. Tureaud, A. M. Trudeau, Jr., New Orleans, La., Norman J. Chachkin, Jack Greenberg, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Leonard E. Yokum, Dist. Atty., Amite, La., Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen. of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before THORNBERRY, MORGAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

BY THE COURT:

1

The judgment of the district court as it relates to student">student assignment, faculty and staff employment and assignment, and facility use is affirmed. The cause is remanded with direction that the district court take the following action:1

2

(1) Require that all future school construction, school abandonment, school consolidation, and site selection (including the location of any temporary classrooms) in the system be accomplished in a manner that will prevent the re-establishment of the dual school system.

3

(2) Appoint a Bi-Racial Advisory Committee similar to that constituted in Pate v. Dade County School Board, 5th Cir. 1970, 434 F.2d 1151; Singleton v. Jackson Municipal Separate School District, 5th Cir. 1970, 426 F.2d 1364; and Ellis v. Board of Public Instruction of Orange County, Florida, 5th Cir. 1970, 423 F.2d 203.

4

Remanded with direction.

Notes:

1

In Hall v. St. Helena Parish School Board, 5th Cir. 1971, 443 F.2d 1181 the district court was directed to require the Livingston Parish School Board to file semi-annual reports similar to those required in United States v. Hinds County School Board, 5th Cir. 1970, 433 F.2d 611, 618-619