Appeals Court Enjoins Mississippi Prosecution of Negro U. of Miss. Plantiff this Afternoon

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June 12, 1962

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NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND 
1O COLUMBUS CIRCLE «© NEW YORK19,N.Y. © JUdson 6-8397 

DR. ALLAN KNIGHT CHALMERS JACK GREENBERG CONSTANCE BAKER MOTLEY 
President Director-Counsel Associate Counsel 

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APPEALS COURT ENJOINS MISSISSIPPI PROSECUTION 
OF NEGRO U. OF MISS, PLAINTIFF THIS AFTERNOON 

June 12, 1962 

NEW YORK -~- The U, S, Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 

interceded this afternoon to stop @ Mississippi prosecution 

of James Howard Meredith, a Negro plaintiff in the pending 

U. of Mississippi segregation suit. 

The Court of Appeals ruled today in New Orleans, La., 

that Hinds County attorney Paul G. Alexander must postpone 

trial of Meredith on voter registration charges until the 

Appeals Court decides the segregation case. 

Today's injunction was issued by Judges John Minor Wisdom, 

John R, Brown and Dozier A, DeVane. It was granted on a motion 

filed today by Mrs. Constance Baker Motley of the NAACP Legal 

Defense Fund, Meredith's attorney in the school case. 

Meredith was jailed last Wednesday on a charge that he 

swore Hinds County residency when he registered to vote in 

February, 1961, though he was actually a resident of Attala 

County. 

Testimony in the University case revealed that Meredith 

moved from Attala County to Jack (Hinds y) to attend 

Jackson State College (for Negroes) in September 1960. 

Meredith, 29, is the third Negro to apply te one of the 

Mississippi all-white state universities. The previous appli- 

cants, Clendon King and Clyde Kennard, were also jailed by 

Mississippi authorities. 

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