BAILEY v. PATTERSON

Civ. A. No. 3133.

199 F.Supp. 595 (1961)

Samuel BAILEY, Joseph Broadwater and Burnett L. Jacob, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Joe T. PATTERSON, Attorney General of the State of Mississippi, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. Mississippi, Jackson Division.

November 17, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Constance Baker Motley and Derrick A. Bell, New York City, R. Jess Brown, Vicksburg, Miss., for plaintiffs.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., Dugas Shands, Edward L. Cates, and Charles Clark, Assts. to the Atty. Gen., and P. M. Stockett, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for Joe T. Patterson.

Thomas H. Watkins, Jackson, Miss., for City of Jackson.

J. A. Travis, Jr., City Pros. Atty., Robert G. Nichols, Jr., Asst. Pros. Atty., E. W. Stennett, City Atty., Jackson, Miss., for City of Jackson, Mayor, Commissioners and Chief of Police.

Robert C. Cannada and Junior O'Mara, Jackson, Miss., for Southern Greyhound Lines and Continental.

Sydney Smith, Jr., Jackson, Miss., for Illinois Cent. R. Co.

J. W. Young and James Young, Jackson, Miss., for Jackson City Lines.

Colin L. Stockdale, Jackson, Miss., for Cicero Carr.

Rubel L. Phillips, Jackson, Miss., for Jackson Airport Authority.

Before RIVES, Circuit Judge, and MIZE and CLAYTON, District Judges.


MIZE, District Judge.

The plaintiffs in this case are Samuel Bailey, Joseph Broadwater and Burnett L. Jacob, each of whom is an adult Negro citizen of the United States and the State of Mississippi, who filed their complaint herein on June 9, 1961. The defendants in the case as shown by the amended complaint are Joe T. Patterson, The City of Jackson, Allen C. Thompson, Douglas L. Luckey, W. D. Rayfield, Jackson Municipal Airport Authority, Continental Southern Lines...

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