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WALLS v. MISS. STATE DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE

No. 82-4275.

730 F.2d 306 (1984)

Dorothy WALLS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees Cross-Appellees-Appellants, v. MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, et al., Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 18, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joan A. Magagna, Walter W. Barnett, Attys. Civ. Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the U.S.

Johnnie E. Walls, Jr., Greenville, Miss., Alain Chirot, Eugene Martin-Leff, Englewood, N.J., for plaintiffs-appellees cross-appellants.

Thomas E. Childs, Jr., Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellees cross-appellants.

Before GOLDBERG, GEE, and TATE, Circuit Judges.

TATE, Circuit Judge:

The private plaintiffs, members of the black race, brought suit in 1973 for themselves and as representatives of a class, alleging racial discrimination in hiring practices by the Mississippi State Department of Public Welfare ("the state Department") and its local and ancillary agencies, which had resulted in the denial of employment to black applicants on account of their race or color. The relief sought...

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