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MORROW v. CRISLER

No. 72-1136.

491 F.2d 1053 (1974)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 27, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank R. Parker, Constance Iona Slaughter, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants-cross appellees.

David L. Rose, Chief, Employment Section, William B. Fenton, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Washington, D.C., Morris S. Dees, Jr., Joseph J. Levin, Jr., Montgomery, Ala., for amicus curiae.

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-cross appellants.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and WISDOM, GEWIN, BELL, THORNBERRY, COLEMAN, GOLDBERG, AINSWORTH, GODBOLD, DYER, SIMPSON, MORGAN, CLARK, RONEY and GEE, Circuit Judges.

GEWIN, Circuit Judge:

This case involves racial discrimination in the employment practices of the Mississippi Highway Patrol. There being no question that the Highway Patrol has historically engaged in unconstitutional discrimination in the employment of patrolmen, the only question that brought this case en banc is whether the District Court ordered sufficient affirmative relief to eradicate the State's unconstitutional employment practices and their effects...

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