UNITED STATES v. BILOXI MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

Civ. A. Nos. 2643, 2678.

219 F.Supp. 691 (1963)

UNITED STATES of America v. BILOXI MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. GULFPORT MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT, James S. Eaton, President, and Charles R. Storey, Earl C. Gay, A. L. Green and G. M. Owen, Members of the Board of Trustees of Gulfport Municipal Separate School District, and W. L. Rigby, Superintendent of Education of Gulfport Municipal Separate School District, Defendants.

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

May 16, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burke Marshall, Asst. Atty. Gen., St. John Barrett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., Robert E. Hauberg, U. S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., for plaintiff (both cases).

Thomas J. Wiltz, Biloxi, Miss., Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen. of Mississippi, Jackson, Miss., Thomas H. Watkins, Jackson, Miss., for defendants, Biloxi Municipal School Dist. and others.

Charles R. Galloway, Owen T. Palmer, Jr., Gulfport, Miss., Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen. of Mississippi, Jackson, Miss., Thomas H. Watkins, Jackson, Miss., for defendants Gulfport Municipal Separate School Dist. and others.


MIZE, District Judge.

This is an action brought by the United States of America seeking to enjoin the Defendants from separating upon the basis of race or color any dependents of military personnel or civilian employees of the Plaintiff in the operation of the public schools of the Gulfport Municipal Separate School District in Harrison County, Mississippi. This relief is sought on the ground that the Defendants have and are violating their Assurances given under...

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