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MEREDITH v. FAIR

Civ. A. No. 3130.

199 F.Supp. 754 (1961)

James Howard MEREDITH, Plaintiff, v. Charles Dickson FAIR et al., Defendants.

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

December 12, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen. of Mississippi, Ed Cates, Dugan Shands, Asst. Attys. Gen., Charles Clark, P. M. Stockett, Jr., Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., for defendants.

MIZE, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, James Howard Meredith, is a member of the Negro race and a citizen of Mississippi. He filed his complaint on behalf of himself and of other Negro students in the State of Mississippi similarly situated. He seeks a preliminary and permanent injunction enjoining the defendants from refusing him admittance to the University of Mississippi and for a declaratory judgment. The defendants in the case are members of the Board of Trustees of State...

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