HAINING v. ROBERTS

No. 71-1993 Summary Calendar.

453 F.2d 1223 (1971)

Walton Dacus HAINING, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. M. M. ROBERTS et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 29, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Spencer Gilbert, III, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant; Wise, Carter & Child, Jackson, Miss., of counsel.

James E. Rankin, Jackson, Miss., M. M. Roberts, Hattiesburg, Miss., A. F. Summer, Atty. Gen., William A. Allain, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ed Davis Noble, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before BELL, AINSWORTH and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

The appellant was discharged from employment by the State of Mississippi following his refusal to sign a loyalty questionnaire. In a class action he successfully attacked the constitutionality of the Mississippi Subversive Activities Act, Miss.Code Ann., §§ 4064-01 through -13. A three-judge court granted declaratory and injunctive relief, ordered appellant reinstated in his job, awarded back pay earned prior to discharge, and awarded...

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