UNITED STATES v. FANECA

No. 20906.

332 F.2d 872 (1964)

UNITED STATES of America et al., Appellants, v. Cyril T. FANECA, Jr., Appellee,

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 1, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Douglas, Asst. Atty. Gen., Sherman L. Cohn, Stephen B. Swartz, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Robert E. Hauberg, U. S. Atty., Washingon, D. C., for appellants.

Edward L. Cates, Jackson, Miss., for appellee.

Before RIVES, WISDOM and GEWIN, Circuit Judges.


RIVES, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, Cyril T. Faneca, Jr., filed this suit to recover damages resulting from alleged tortious and unconstitutional conduct in connection with the Government's efforts to effect the enrollment of James H. Meredith, a Negro, as a student at the University of Mississippi pursuant to the orders of this Court and the District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. The defendants are the United States; Nicholas de B. Katzenbach,...

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