Barbara PHILLIPS, Cornell Green Rice, Melvin Phillips, and Mississippi Council on Human Relations, a corporation, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
The JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON PERFORMANCE AND EXPENDITURE REVIEW OF the STATE OF MISSISSIPPI et al., Defendants-Appellees.
The MISSISSIPPI COUNCIL ON HUMAN RELATIONS, a corporation, Barbara Phillips, Melvin Phillips and Cornell Green Rice, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
The BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF the INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION a/k/a The State College Board et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Barbara PHILLIPS, Melvin Phillips and Cornell Green Rice, individually and on behalf of a class, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
The STATE OF MISSISSIPPI AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.
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February 23, 1981.
Rehearing Denied April 27, 1981.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Frank R. Parker, Nausead Stewart, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants Barbara Phillips et al. in No. 79-2131.
Stewart & Parker, Nausead Stewart, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Jackson, Miss., McTeer, Walls, Bailey & Buck, Charles Victor McTeer, Greenville, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants Miss. Council on Human Relations et al.
Ross, Hardies, O'Keefe, Babcock & Parsons, William Freivogel, Susan G. Lichtenfeld, Chicago, Ill., Nausead Stewart, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants Barbara Phillips et al. in No. 79-3550.
James M. Ward, Sp. Counsel, Starkville, Miss., Hubbard T. Saunders, IV, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., A. F. Summer, Atty. Gen., State of Miss., Dept. of Justice, Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellees Joint Leg. Committee et al.
Ed. Davis Noble, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Bill Allain, Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., M. M. Roberts, Hattiesburg, Miss., for defendants-appellees Bd. of Trustees of Institution of Higher Ed. et al.
Bill Allain, Atty. Gen., Hubbard T. Saunders, IV, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., James M. Ward, Sp. Counsel, Starkville, Miss., for defendants-appellees State of Miss. Agricultural and Indus. Bd. et al.
Before WISDOM, RUBIN and SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.
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WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
These appeals concern three allied lawsuits brought against Mississippi state agencies for employment discrimination. The named plaintiffs are the same in the three cases: Barbara Phillips, Melvin Phillips (not related), and Cornell Green Rice.1 All are black. In each case the plaintiffs sought to represent a class of black job applicants.
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