MEREDITH v. FAIR

No. 19475.

305 F.2d 341 (1962)

James H. MEREDITH, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, Appellant, v. Charles Dickson FAIR, President of the Board of Trustees of the State Institutions of Higher Learning, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

February 12, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. B. Motley, New York City, R. Jess Brown, Vicksburg, Miss. (Jack Greenberg and Derrick A. Bell, Jr., New York City, on the brief), for appellant.

Chas. Clark, Dugas Shands, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Mississippi, Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen. of Mississippi, and Edward L. Cates, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi, for appellees.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and RIVES and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Pursuant to the provisions of Title 28 U.S.Code § 16511 and Rule 62(g), F.R. Civ.P., 28 U.S.C.A.,2 the appellant moves the Court for an injunction during the pendency of this appeal, enjoining the appellees from refusing to admit appellant to the Liberal Arts College of the University of Mississippi for the semester which commenced February 6, 1962, and as to which admissions can be received...

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