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N. A. A. C. P. v. THOMPSON

No. 21741.

357 F.2d 831 (1966)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR the ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE et al., Appellants, v. Allen THOMPSON, Mayor of the City of Jackson, Mississippi, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 20, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara A. Morris, Derrick A. Bell, Jr., New York City, R. Jess Brown, Jack H. Young, Carsie A. Hall, Jackson, Miss., Robert Carter, Jack Greenberg, Leroy D. Clark, New York City, William R. Ming, Jr., Chicago, Ill., Frank D. Reeves, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Martin R. McLendon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., E. W. Stennett, City Atty., Thomas H. Watkins, J. A. Travis, Jr., Robert G. Nichols, Jr., Jackson, Miss., for appellees.

Before WHITAKER, Senior Judge, and WISDOM and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing Denied in Court II April 20, 1966.

WHITAKER, Senior Judge:

This is an action brought in two counts by the corporate plaintiff, a New York corporation, and several individuals, some residing without and some within the State of Mississippi, against various State, county and city officials of the State of Mississippi. In the first count, brought on behalf of the named plaintiffs and those similarly situated, they seek to enjoin the Mayor of the city...

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