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CONSTANTINE v. SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA INSTITUTE

No. 4401.

120 F.Supp. 417 (1954)

CONSTANTINE et al. v. SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA INSTITUTE et al.

United States District Court, W. D. Louisiana, Opelousas Division.

April 22, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. P. Tureaud, Sr., New Orleans, La., Robert L. Carter, New York City, Thurgood Marshall, New York City, U. Simpson Tate, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs.

Fred S. LeBlanc, Atty. Gen., State of La., W. C. Perrault, First Asst. Atty. Gen., James R. Fuller, Baton Rouge, La., J. J. Davidson, Jr., J. Clyde Pearce, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., State of La., for defendants.

Before BORAH, Circuit Judge, DAWKINS, Chief Judge, and HUNTER, District Judge.

HUNTER, District Judge.

This suit for a declaratory judgment and for injunctive relief, interlocutory and permanent, was brought in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana by four Negro youths, all residents of Lafayette, Louisiana. Three of the youths are minors who bring this action by their next friends. This action is brought as a class action. Plaintiffs seek for themselves and for all others similarly situated and qualified the...

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