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BISHOP v. STARKVILLE ACADEMY

No. EC 74-97-K.

442 F.Supp. 1176 (1977)

Leah Sue BISHOP et al., Plaintiffs, v. The STARKVILLE ACADEMY et al., Defendants.

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

December 28, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvyn R. Leventhal, New York City, Fred L. Banks, Jr., Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs.

Giles W. Bryant, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants.

Before COLEMAN, Circuit Judge, and KEADY and SMITH, District Judges.

KEADY, Chief Judge:

In this class action litigation1 brought on behalf of a class consisting of all black school-age children enrolled in the public schools of Humphreys County, Mississippi, and other public schools within the State of Mississippi pursuant to Rule 23(a); (b)(2), F.R.Civ.P., plaintiffs ask this court to declare Miss.Code Ann. § 37-23-61 et seq. unconstitutional to the extent that they authorize the provision of state...

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