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SMITH v. PEARSON

No. DC 6533-S.

294 F.Supp. 611 (1968)

Virgia Mae SMITH et al., Plaintiffs, v. Thomas A. PEARSON et al., Defendants.

United States District Court N. D. Mississippi, Delta Division.

December 30, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha M. Wood, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs.

George Fleming, Holcomb, Curtis & Connell, Clarksdale, Miss., Will Wells, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants.

OPINION

ORMA R. SMITH, District Judge.

The complaint in this case was filed on July 31, 1965 seeking a temporary restraining order and preliminary and permanent injunctions against the named defendants to prevent the enforcement of the Mississippi statute making it a crime to have a second illegitimate child.1 This is a class action with jurisdiction claimed under the provisions of 28 U.S. C. Section 1343(3) & (4) and 42...

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