MORROW v. DILLARD

No. 76-2882.

580 F.2d 1284 (1978)

Willie L. MORROW and Jerome Mangum, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants Cross-Appellees, v. W. O. DILLARD, Commissioner of Public Safety of Mississippi, et al., Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 29, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank R. Parker, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Isaiah Madison, James M. Abram, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants cross-appellees.

A. F. Summer, Atty. Gen., William A. Allain and Charles A. Marx, Asst. Attys. Gen., Peter M. Stockett, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellees cross-appellants.

Before COLEMAN, SIMPSON and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.


SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

For the third time this Court is confronted with a civil rights class action challenging the racially discriminatory hiring policies of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol ("Patrol") and the Mississippi Department of Public Safety ("Department"). There are three questions presented on this appeal: (1) Whether the District Court, acting pursuant to the mandate of a prior en banc decision of this Court, abused its discretion or imposed...

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