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MEREDITH v. FAIR

No. 19475.

305 F.2d 343 (1962)

James H. MEREDITH, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, Appellant, v. Charles Dickson FAIR, President of the Board of Trustees of the State Institutions of Higher Learning, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Certiorari Denied October 8, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. B. Motley, New York City, R. Jess Brown, Vicksburg, Miss., Jack Greenberg, Derrick A. Bell, Jr., New York City, for appellant.

Chas. Clark, Jackson, Miss., Dugas Shands, Asst. Atty. Gen., Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., Edward L. Cates, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for appellees.

Before BROWN and WISDOM, Circuit Judges, and DeVANE, District Judge.

Certiorari Denied October 8, 1962. See 83 S.Ct. 49.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

The Meredith matter is before us again. This time the appeal is from a final judgment after a trial on the merits. The judgment denies James A. Meredith, a Mississippi negro in search of an education, an injunction to secure his admission to the University of Mississippi. We reverse with directions that the injunction be issued.

A full review of the record leads the Court inescapably...

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