SINGLETON v. JACKSON MUN. SEPARATE SCHOOL DIST.

Civ. A. No. J3379.

541 F.Supp. 904 (1981)

Derek Jerome SINGLETON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JACKSON MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendant.

United States District Court, S. D. Mississippi, Jackson Division.

December 8, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred L. Banks, Jr., Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs.

Christopher A. Shapley, Jackson, Miss., for defendant.


OPINION AND ORDER

DAN M. RUSSELL, Jr., Chief Judge.

This action was commenced on March 4, 1963, by ten minor school age children against the School District. The Plaintiffs alleged that they suffered irreparable injury by the operation of a compulsory biracial school system by the School District. The first few years of litigation in this case were characterized by district court judgments in favor of the School District, followed by reversals of those judgments...

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