Order Adding Mayor as Defendant

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July 13, 1970

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  • Case Files, Alexander v. Holmes Hardbacks. Order Adding Mayor as Defendant, 1970. 38930250-d267-f011-bec2-7c1e52467ee8. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/1592e31c-59e8-4445-a9c0-bba1e126a886/order-adding-mayor-as-defendant. Accessed November 21, 2025.

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    IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI 

EASTERN DIVISION 

CHARLES KILLINGSWORTH, et al, 

PLAINTIFFS 

VS CIVIL ACTION 
NO. 1302 (E) 

THE ENTERPRISE CONSOLIDATED 
SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al, THE 
QUITMAN CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL SOON Bretoe 
DISTRICT, et al, and THE CLARKE | gE 
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, | i Prensa 
et al, | Btn = 

DEFENDANTS fel LALLA Heru 

ORDER 
  

Plaintiffs having filed on June 12, 1970 their motion to add as parties 

defendants the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of Stonewall, Mississippi, James 

Haywood, Lavelle Carmichael, Maxie Combest, Ardell Covington, Eugene 

Oglesby, and Delmar Smith; and plaintiffs having further moved that the pro- 

posed added defendant be enjoined from forming the Stonewall Municipal Sep=- 

arate School District; 

And the aforesaid Mayor and Board of Aldermen of Stonewall, Miss- 

issippi, having appeared before the Court, through counsel, and having advised 

the Court that they confess plaintiffs! motion; 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED, 

1. The Mayor and Board of Aldermen of Stonewall, Mississippi, JAMES 

HAYWOOD, LAVELLE CARMICHAEL, MAXIE COMBEST, ARDELL COVINGTON, 

EUGENE OGLESBY AND DELMAR SMITH, are added as parties defendant to this 

cause; 

2. The said Mayor and Board of Aldermen of Stonewall, Mississippi, and 

those in active concert with them, are preliminarily enjoined from forming the 

Stonewall Municipal Separate School District and otherwise interfering with or 

undermining orders entered by this Court and the United States Court of Appeals 

for the Fifth Circuit. 

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, taat the Clerk of the Court shall enter 

the name of Sam Wilkins, Esquire, Suite 1035, First National Bank Building, 

Jackson, Mississippi, 39201, as additional counsel for defendants. 

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This the L3= day of July, 1970. 

  

  

  

MELVYN R. LEVENTHAL 
538% North Farish Street 

Jackson, Mississippi, 39202 

Counsel for Plaintiffs 

  

"SAMUEL H. WILKINS 
Suite 1035 

First National Bank Building 

Jackson, Mississippi, 39201 

Counsel for Added Defendants, 

The Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

of Stonewall, Mississippi

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