Correspondence from Lani Guinier to Elaine Fleeman, Esq. Re Smith v. City of Pine Bluff
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August 15, 1986

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Press Releases, Loose Pages. NAACP Legal Defense Fund attorneys will attempt this week to have a Federal District Court in Jackson, Miss., 1961. ba6cfdcf-bc92-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/2f9f15f0-fe2d-493c-a874-96aa720e9585/naacp-legal-defense-fund-attorneys-will-attempt-this-week-to-have-a-federal-district-court-in-jackson-miss. Accessed August 19, 2025.
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PRESS RELEASE NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND 10 COLUMBUS CIRCLE « NEW YORK 19,N.Y. © JUdson 6-8397 DR. ALLAN KNIGHT CHALMERS oa THURGOOD MARSHALL Director-Counsel Prosident July 10, 1961 NEW YORK - NAACP Legal Defense Fund attorneys will attempt this week to have a Federal District Court in Jackson, Miss. enjoin the Uni- versity of Mississippi from refusing to admit a Negro applicant to its second summer session. A hearing on a motion for preliminary injunction filed by Legal Defense Fund attorneys had been set for July 10, but the hearing may be postponed due to illness of a Mississippi state attorney. The Legal Defense attorneys hope to have a trial before the Univer- sity's second summer session commences July 17, so that its applicant, James H. Meredith of Jackson, may begin school then. The case is being heard in the Southern District Court of Mississippi, Jackson Division, by Judge Sidney C. Mize. The motion for preliminary injunction was filed July 1. Legal Defense attorneys charge, in their complaint filed May 31, that Meredith, who originally applied to the University on January 31, 1961, 18 being denied admission solely on the grounds of race, and such e-nial is miconstitutional. A hearing is also set for Monday, July 10, on a Legal Defense Fund suit in Jackson which challengés racial segregation of transportation terminals and facilities in Mississippi. The case will be tried by a three-judge federal District Court con- sisting of Judges Elbert P. Tuttle, Sidney C. Mize, and Claude F. Claytcn, convened because the Legal Defense Fund complaint charges that state segregation of transportation is unconstitutional. A direct appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court can follow the decision of the three-judge court. The original action, filed on June 9, covers dining; waiting, and rest room facilities in bus, railroad and airline terminals. It directly affects the rights of Freedom Riders who are currently imprisoned under state segregation statutes in Jackson. NAACP Legal Defense Fund attorneys representing the plaintiffs are R. Jess Brown of Vicksburg, Miss., Thurgood Marshall, Constance Baker Motley and Derrick A, Bell of New York City. Sacler