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AYERS v. UNITED STATES

No. 84-4575.

769 F.2d 311 (1985)

Jake AYERS, Sr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor, Appellee, v. William ALLAIN, et al., Defendants, Hinds Junior College District and Utica Junior College, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 26, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Isaiah Madison, Leonard McClellan, Greenville, Miss., Alvin O. Chambliss, Jr., Oxford, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Ben J. Piazza, Jr., Donald C. Woods, Jackson, Miss., for Hinds and Utica.

Wm. Bradford Reynolds, Walter W. Barnett, Marie E. Klimesz, Asst. Attys. Gen., Civ. Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for U.S.

Before RUBIN and REAVLEY, Circuit Judges, and FELDMAN, District Judge.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

This Mississippi class-action suit is an assault on Mississippi's system of segregated junior colleges. Defendants admitted at trial that vestiges of de jure segregation still exist; hence the trial court concentrated solely on remedies. The court finally approved one of the proposed plans for desegregation, which appellants find objectionable. Appellants contend that the desegregation plan is not a constitutionally adequate remedy to...

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