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POINDEXTER v. LOUISIANA FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

Civ. A. No. 14683.

258 F.Supp. 158 (1966)

Bryan POINDEXTER, a minor, by Lorraine Poindexter, his mother and next friend, et al., Plaintiffs, v. LOUISIANA FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE COMMISSION et al., Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

August 3, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. P. Tureaud, Ernest Morial, A. M. Trudeau, Jr., New Orleans, La., Charles H. Jones, Jr., New York City, for plaintiffs.

James E. Phillips, Jr., Baton Rouge, La., for Louisiana State Board of Education.

Frank L. Dobson, Baton Rouge, La., for St. Paul School.

Samuel I. Rosenberg, New Orleans, La., for Orleans Parish School Board.

Victor A. Sachse, C. C. Wood, Frank P. Simoneaux, Baton Rouge, La., Robert Brumby, Franklin, La., J. J. Davidson, Lafayette, La., for Louisiana Financial Assistance Commission.

Before WISDOM, Circuit Judge, and CHRISTENBERRY and AINSWORTH, District Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs attack the constitutionality of the Louisiana legislature's second attempt to use tuition grants to support so-called "private" schools for white children fleeing from desegregated public schools. On the first occasion this Court, observing "this is not the moment in history for a state to experiment with ignorance", held that the grant-in-aid program ran afoul of the equal protection clause. Hall v. St. Helena Parish School Board...

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