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AYERS v. FORDICE

No. 95-60431.

111 F.3d 1183 (1997)

Jake AYERS, Jr., Private Plaintiffs; Bennie G. Thompson, United States Congressman, Second Congressional District, Mississippi, Plaintiffs-Appellants, United States of America, Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kirk FORDICE, Governor, Defendants/Senior Colleges; Hinds Junior College, Board of Trustees; Utica Junior College, Board of Trustees; Mississippi Delta Junior College; Coahoma Junior College; State of Mississippi, Defendants, Defendants-Appellees, v. Louis ARMSTRONG, Movant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 23, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin O. Chambliss, Jr., Houston, TX, Robert Pressman, Lexington, MA, Armand Derfner, Charleston, SC, for Plaintiffs-Appellants and Movant-Appellant.

William F. Goodman, Jr., William Frederick Ray, Paul H. Stephenson, III, Watkins & Eager, Jackson, MS, Richard Lloyd Arnold, Special Assistant Attorney General, Michael Cameron Moore, Attorney General, Jackson, MS, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before KING, JOLLY, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

                         TABLE OF CONTENTS

    I. BACKGROUND ............................................................... 1190

  II. STANDARD OF REVIEW ........................................................ 1192

III. DISCUSSION ................................................................. 1193
     A. Admissions Policies and Practices ....................................... 1193
        1. Background Facts ............................................

                    
                    
                    

                        

                            

                                
                            

                            

                                

                                    
    
                                        
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