COHEN v. MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIV. OF AGR. & A. SCIENCE

Civ. A. No. EC-6645.

256 F.Supp. 954 (1966)

Leslie C. COHEN, Individually and on Behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND APPLIED SCIENCE et al., Defendants.

United States District Court N. D. Mississippi, E. D.

July 15, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin J. Bronstein, Bruce S. Rogow, Donald A. Jelinek, Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiff.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., State of Miss., and Will S. Wells, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Miss., Jackson, Miss., for defendants.

Before BROWN, Circuit Judge, and CLAYTON and RUSSELL, District Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

This suit, heard by a three-judge court, brought under 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1332, 1343 (3) and (4) and 2201 and 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1983, 1985 and 1988, challenges the constitutionality of § 6726.7 of the Mississippi Code of 1942, both under the Federal and State Constitutions. This statute authorizes the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning to enact traffic rules and regulations for the control and...

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