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NICHOLS v. UNITED STATES

Nos. WC6426, WC6431, WC6350.

236 F.Supp. 260 (1964)

Preston NICHOLS, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. J. E. McCAULEY, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. Welby BRUNT, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court N. D. Mississippi, W. D.

December 2, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben F. Hilbun, Jr., Starkville, Miss., John C. McLaurin, Brandon, Miss., for Welby Brunt and Preston Nichols.

Mitchell, McNutt & Bush, Tupelo, Miss., for J. E. McCauley.

H. M. Ray, U. S. Atty., Oxford, Miss., John G. Laughlin and William A. Gershuny, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for United States in No. WC 6350 and WC 6426.

H. M. Ray, U. S. Atty., Oxford, Miss., for United States in No. WC 6431.

CLAYTON, District Judge.

In these three cases, each of the plaintiffs seeks to recover damages from the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671 et seq., for injuries allegedly sustained when tear gas was fired by Deputy United States Marshals on September 30, 1962, in connection with the government's efforts to effect the enrollment of James H. Meredith, a Negro, as a student at the University of Mississippi, pursuant...

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