MORROW v. CRISLER

No. 72-1136.

479 F.2d 960 (1973)

Willie L. MORROW and Jerome Mangum, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross Appellees, v. Giles W. CRISLER, Commissioner of Public Safety of Mississippi, et al., Defendants-Appellees-Cross Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Granted August 6, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank R. Parker, Constance Iona Slaughter, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

William A. Allain, First Asst. Atty. Gen., P. Roger Googe, Jr., Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles A. Marx, Heber Ladner, Jr., Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

David L. Rose, Chief, William B. Fenton, Employment Section, Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Washington, D. C., amicus curiae.

Before BELL, GOLDBERG and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Granted August 6, 1973.

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

This is a civil rights suit involving racial discrimination in employment and working conditions in the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol. The District Court entered a declaratory and injunctive decree in favor of the plaintiffs who appeal on the ground that they were not accorded sufficient relief by the Court. The defendants cross-appeal. We affirm.

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