JAGNANDAN v. GILES

No. 74-3467.

538 F.2d 1166 (1976)

Edward R. JAGNANDAN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. William L. GILES, President, Mississippi State University, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 20, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Shenfield, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Ed Davis Noble, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and GOLDBERG and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


RONEY, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Reverend W. L. Jagnandan, on behalf of himself and his two sons, brought a class action to challenge the constitutionality of a Mississippi statute which classified all alien students, even Mississippi residents, as nonresidents for tuition and fee purposes at state institutions of higher learning. A three-judge district court denied the class action request, declared the statute unconstitutional...

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