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BANKS v. ST. JAMES PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

No. 16-31052.

WILLIE BANKS, Father and Next friend of Minor Children W.B. and J.B.; MAMIE L. DAVIS, Mother and next friend of minor children J.D., S.D. and G.D.; RAYMOND JOSEPH, SR., Father and next friend of minor E.J.; ALEXANDER JACKSON, Father and next friend of minors B.J. and B.J., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ST. JAMES PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, Defendant-Appellant, v. GREATER GRACE CHARTER ACADEMY, INCORPORATED, Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed: December 12, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Hammonds, for Defendant-Appellant.

Gideon Tillman Carter, III, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Pamela Wescovich Dill, for Defendant-Appellant.

Rachel M. Kleinman, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Christina I. Swarns, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Deuel Ross, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Michael P. Higgins, for Intervenor-Appellee.

John Richard Blanchard, for Defendant-Appellant.

Cara McClellan, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Before: STEWART, Chief Judge, and JOLLY and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

In 1965, a group of students and parents ("the plaintiffs") sued the St. James Parish School Board ("the Board") to compel the Board to desegregate its schools. The district court granted relief to the 1965 parties and, in 1967, entered an injunction ordering desegregation. This desegregation order is still in...

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