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Johnnie A. Jones Sr., Civil Rights Lawyer: Legal Career

Litigation Highlights

Davis v. East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, 214 F. Supp. 624 (E.D. La. 1963)

https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1428862/davis-v-east-baton-rouge-parish-school-board/

Lagarde v. Recreation & Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge, 229 F. Supp. 379 (E.D. La. 1964)

https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/8759642/lagarde-v-recreation-park-commission-for-the-parish-of-east-baton-rouge/

State v. George, 170 So. 2d 861 (La. 1965)

https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/7261179/state-v-george/

James A. Paynes v. Dan Dee Lee, 377 F.2d 61 (5th Cir. 1967)

https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/275788/james-a-paynes-v-dan-dee-lee/

Miller v. Amusement Enterprises, Inc., 394 F.2d 342 (5th Cir. 1968)

https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/8892488/miller-v-amusement-enterprises-inc/

Johnnie A. Jones Sr. career moments

June 11, 1953 admitted to the Louisiana Bar

1953 represented Rev Jemison during the Baton Rouge Bus Boycott

1960-61 represented students arrested following lunch counter sit-ins.

1960 ran for District Attorney

1962 ran for district judge in 19th JDC

1963 wins at U.S. Supreme Court in suit to desegregate East Baton Rouge Rouge 

         schools

1964 ran for city-parish council

         wins suit to desegregate Recreation and Park Commission of East Baton Rouge

1968 sued Baton Rouge and two officers for false arrest and police brutality

          won suit to desegregate an amusement park

1971 resigned post as assistant city attorney to run for state representative district 67

         re-elected president of Community Advancement, Inc.

1972 won election for state representative for district 67

1975 defeated for re-election district 67