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MEREDITH v. FAIR

Civ. A. No. 3130.

202 F.Supp. 224 (1962)

James Howard MEREDITH v. Charles Dickson FAIR et al.

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

February 3, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Constance Baker Motley, Derrick A. Bell, New York City, R. Jess Brown, Vicksburg, Miss., for plaintiff.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., Ed Cates, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles Clark, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendants.

MIZE, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, James Howard Meredith, is a member of the Negro race and a citizen of Mississippi. He filed this suit against the members of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions, the Chancellor of the University of Mississippi, the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, and the Registrar of the University. He alleged that he sought admission to the University of Mississippi as a resident, under-graduate, transfer student to that Institution and...

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