GOODEN v. MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY

No. 73-2108.

499 F.2d 441 (1974)

Bennie Stone GOODEN, Jr., etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross Appellants, v. MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellants-Cross Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 16, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. F. Summer, Atty. Gen., Wm. A. Allain, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Ed Davis Noble, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellants.

Melvyn R. Leventhal, Jackson, Miss., Jack Greenberg, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before BELL, DYER and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 16, 1974.

PER CURIAM:

Plaintiffs, three black students attending public school in Clarksdale, Mississippi, sued on behalf of a class comprised of "students throughout the State of Mississippi who are aggrieved by the policies and practices of the defendants complained of herein." The complaint, filed February 14, 1972, alleged that "numerous private racially segregated...

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