Final Judgment Under Rule 58, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

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March 10, 1978

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  • Case Files, Norwood v. Harrison - Hardbacks. Final Judgment Under Rule 58, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 1978. 0ddb1797-732e-f111-88b4-7c1e527f53b4. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/489fe984-788f-4862-9217-037f80d78ac9/final-judgment-under-rule-58-federal-rules-of-civil-procedure. Accessed July 18, 2026.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

OFFICE OF THE CLERK 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI 

NORMAN L. GILLESPIE March 10, 1978 
CLERK 

Mr. Edward W. Wadsworth, Clerk 

United States Court of Appeals 
Fifth Circuit 
600 Camp Street 
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 

Re: No. WC7053-K Norwood vs. Finch 

Dear Sir: 

Enclosed are the pleadings being appealed from 
in the above cause. 

Please acknowledge receipt on copy of this 
letter. 

Sincerely, 

NORMAN L. GILLESPIE, CLERK 

JP x a or 
es Jan J. Est eputy “Clerk 

Enclosure 

CC "Mr, ad 1... Banks, Jr. 
538 2 North Farish St. 
Jackson, Mississippi 39205 

Mr. Bill Lamm lee 
Suite 2030, 10 Columbus Circle 
New York, New York 10019 

Mr. Peter M. Stockett, Jr. 
P.O. Box 220 

Jackson, Mississippi 39205  



  

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI 

WESTERN DIVISION 

DELORES NORWOOD, ET AL 

VS NO. WC7053-K 

CLIFF FINCH, GOVERNOR, ET AL 

FINAL JUDGMENT UNDER RULE 58, 
FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 

Upon receipt of the mandate from the United States Court 

of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dated December 13, 1977, and 

pursuant to the order of the court entered in this cause on 

January 3, 1978, entitled Final Judgment Under Rule 58, Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure. 

It is hereby ordered that the members of the plaintiff’ 

class represented by Delores Norwood through her father Calvin 

Norwood, Van Siggers by his mother Floy Gates Siggers, Audrey 

: Shanda Woodard by her father Henry King Woodard, and Andrew 

Galloway by his mother Gertrude Galloway, do have of and recover 

from the Honorable Cliff Finch, Governor, in his capacity as 

Chairman of the Mississippi State Textbook Purchasing Board, Charles 

E. Holladay, State Superintendent of Education, as Vice-Chairman 

of the Mississippi State Textbook Purchasing Board, W.A. Matthews, 

Executive Secretary of the Mississippi State Textbook Purchasing 

Board, and Larry Tynes, T.M. Stone and Mrs. Jane McCool, members 

of the Mississippi State Textbook Purchasing Board, in their official 

capacity but not individually, and their successors in office, and 

also the Mississippi State Textbook Purchasing Board, as a 

distinct public agency of the State of Mississippi, the sum of 

$23,852 as attorney fees payable to plaintiffs' counsel, Honorable 

Melvyn R. Leventhal, in the amount of $22,102, Honorable James M. 

Nabrit III, $1,750, and the additional sum of $4,999.44 taxed as 

reasonable and necessary costs incurred by the plaintiffs in the 

successful prosecution of this suit. 

This, 10th day of March, 1978. 

N N L. GILLESPIE, CLERK 
By J dir = 2 

Jan J. Estes, Deputy Clerk [||ade4ba6e-2244-4e16-92c0-66b243d77453||] 

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