Case: Lemon v. Bossier Parish School Board

10687 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: 1965

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Case Summary

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a school desegregation lawsuit in which the parents of African-American children eligible to attend parish schools sued the Bossier Parish School Board and the district’s superintendent, and the United States sought to intervene. The case was filed in 1965, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.

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People

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Judge(s)

Hicks, S. Maurice (Louisiana)

Hunter, Edwin Ford Jr. (Louisiana)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Doar, John (District of Columbia)

Finkelstein, Joel M. (District of Columbia)

Greene, Harold H. (District of Columbia)

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

Document

10687

Opinion

April 13, 1965

April 13, 1965

Order/Opinion

240 F.Supp. 709

10687

Opinion

April 28, 1965

April 28, 1965

Order/Opinion

240 F.Supp. 743

22675

Brief for Appellee-Intervenor

Bossier v. Lemon and United States

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Aug. 7, 1965

Aug. 7, 1965

Pleading / Motion / Brief

22675

Opinion

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Jan. 5, 1967

Jan. 5, 1967

Order/Opinion

370 F.2d 847

No. 28745

Opinion

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Dec. 12, 1969

Dec. 12, 1969

Order/Opinion

421 F.2d 121

No. 30447

Opinion

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

June 17, 1971

June 17, 1971

Order/Opinion

444 F.2d 1400

10687

Order and Judgment

Lemon, United States of America, and Bossier Citizenship Education Program v. Bossier Parish School Board

March 29, 1977

March 29, 1977

Order/Opinion

77-CV-01882

Opinion

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Jan. 11, 1978

Jan. 11, 1978

Order/Opinion

566 F.2d 985

Docket

See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/7590136/lemon-v-bossier-parish/

Last updated June 23, 2025, 3:59 a.m.

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