Order for Franklin County District

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March 30, 1970

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    united States Court of Appeals 

FIFTH CIRCUIT 

ROOM 408-400 ROYAL ST. EDWARD W. WADSWORTH OFFICE OF THE CLERK 
NEW ORLEANS, LA. 70130 CLERK 

March 31, 1970 

TO ALL COUNSEL LISTED BELOW 

Nos. 28030 & 28042 - USA v. Hinds 

County, Et Al 

Gentlemen: 

Enclosed is a copy of the Court's order this day 

entered which is self-explanatory. 

Very truly yours, 

EDWARD W., WADSWORTH, Clerk 

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Deputy Clerk / / 
  

Hon, Dan M. Russell, Jr. 
Mr, J. D. Gordon, Sr, (Amite) 
Mr, Joe R. Fancher (Canton 
Mr, Maurice Dantin (Columbia) 
Mr. John K. Keyes (Covington) 
Mr. Robert E. Covington (Enterprise) 
Mr. M. M. Roberts (Forrest) 
Mr, W, W, Hewitt (Franklin) 
Mr. Robert Cannada (Hinds) 
Mr, Calvin R, King (Holmes) 
Miss Helen J. McDade (Kemper) 
Mr. William B, Compton (Lauderdale) 
Mr. James S. George (Lawrence) 
Mr. Harold W, Davidson (Leake)  



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H. W. Hobbs, Jr. (Lincoln) 
R. L. Goza (Madison) 
Richard D., Foxworth (Marion) 
Robert Dean (Meridian) 
R. Brent Forman (Natchez) 
Laurel G. Weir (Neshoba) 
John G. Roach, Jr. (North Pike) 
Ernest L. Brown (Noxubee) 

Mr. Herman Alford (Philadelphia) 
Mr. Tally D, Riddell (Quitman) 
Mr. Herman C. Glazier, Jr. (Sharkey-Issaquena and 

Anguilla Line) 
Mr. Robert S. Reeves (South Pike) 
Mr. Thomas H. Watkins (Wilkinson) 
Mr, Walter R, Bridgeforth (Yazoo County and Holly Bluff) 
Mr. John Satterfield (Yazoo City) 
Hon, A, F, Summer (State of Mississippi) 
Mr. David L. Norman (Department of Justice) 
Mr. Melvyn Zarr (Private Plaintiffs) 

Clerk, U. S. District Court 

 



  

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS : 

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Y 5 COURT or ap 
warn 

  

Nos. 28030 & 28042 MAR 31 1970 
  

EDWARD Mw. WADSWORTH 

CLERK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff-Appellant, 

Vv. 

HINDS COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, et 23, 
Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 4075(J)) 

  

BUFORD A. lEE, et al, 

Plaintiffs-Appellees, 
eo 

Vv. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Defendant-Appellant, 

Ve 

MILTON EVANS, 
Third Party 

Defendant-Appellee. 

(Civil Action No. 2034(H)) 

  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Pldaintiff-Appellant, 

ve. 

KEMPER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, et al, 
Defendants-~Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 1373(E)) 

  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff-Appellant, 

Ve. 

NORTH PIXE COUNTY CONSOLIDATED 
SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al, 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 3807(J)) 

  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintif{-Appellant, 

Ve. 

NATCHEZ SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SEPARATE : 
SCHCOL DISTRICT, et al, 

Delendints—-Appellees., 

ACivil Action Yo. 112000) 

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, + 

Plaintiff-Appcllant, 

Ve. 

MARION COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al, 
Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 21738(1)) 

  

JOAN ANDERSON, et al, 
Plaintiffs-Appellants, 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , | 
Plaintiff-Intervenor- 

Appellant, 

Ye 

THE CANTON MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al, 

and THE MADISON COUNTY SCHCOL DISTRICT, et al, 
Defendants-~Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 3700(J)) 

  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff-Appellant, . 

Ve. 

SOUTH PIKE COUNTY: CONSOLIDATED 
SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al, 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 3984.(J)) 

  

. BEATRICE ALEXANDER, et al, 
Plaintiff{s-Appellants, 

Ve 

HOLMES COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, et al, . 
Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 3779(J)) 

  

ROY LEE HARRIS, et al, 
Plaintiffs-Appellants, 

v. : 

THE YAZOO COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, et al, 
Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action Yo. 1209(W)) 

  

JOEN BARNHARDT, et 21, 
Plaintiffs~Appcllants, 

Ve. 

MERIDIAN SEPARATE SCHOOUL DISTRICT, cot al, 
Dofendants-Appclleces. 

(Civil Action Ho, 1300 (2)) 

   



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

  

  

Ve. 

NESHOBA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al, 
Defendants-Appelleces. 

(Civil Action No. 1396(E)) 

  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff-Appellant, 

Ve. 

NOXUBEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al, 
Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 1372(E)) 

  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff-Appellant, 

Vv. 

LAUDERDALE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al, 
Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 1367(E)) 

  

DIAN HUDSON, et al, : 
Plaintiffs-Appellants, 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiif-Intervenor- 
Appellant, 

Vv. 

LEAKE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, et al, 
| Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 3382(J)) 

  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff-Appellant, 

Ve. 

COLUMBIA MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL, et al, 
Defendants-Appellees. 

{Civil Action No. 219901) 

  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff-Appecllant, 

Vv. 

AMITE COUNTY SCHOOL, DISTRICT, ot al, 
; Defendints-Appellees. 

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{Civi) Action No, 3933(J)) ' 

 



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appecllant, 

  

  

Ve. 

COVINGTON COUNTY SCHCOL DISTRICT, et al, 
Deiendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 2148(H)) 

  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff-Appellant, 

Ve 

LAWRENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al, 
Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 2216(H)) 

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JEREMIAH BLACKWELL, JR., et al, 
Plaintiffs-Appellants, 

Ve. 

ISSAQUENA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, et al, 
Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 1096(W)) 

  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff-Appellant, 

Ve 

WILKINSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al, 
Defendan ts-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 1160(W)) 

  

CHARLES KILLINGSWORTH, et al, 
Plaintiffs-Appellants, 

Ve 

THE ENTERPRISE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT 
and QUITMAN CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT, 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 1302(E)) 

  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
: Plaintiff-Appellant, 

Vv. 

LINCOLN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT,ct al, 
Defendants-Appellees. 

{Civil Action No, 4292(J)) 

 



  

  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ; 
Plaintif{-Appcllant, 

Via 

PHILADELVIIA MUNICIPAL SEPARATE 
SCHOOL. DISTRICT, et al, 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 1368(E) 

  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

Ve. 
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FRANKLIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al, 
/ Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 4256(J)) 

  

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IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that on 

April 15, 1970 and December 1, 1970, and on the same date ! 

annually thereafter until further order of this court, de- 

fendants in these consolidated cases shall file with the 

clerk of this court a report setting forth the following 

information: 

(a) The number of students by race enrolled in 

the school district: 

(b) The number of students by race enrolled in 

each school of the district: 

(c) The number of students by race enrolled in 

each classroom in each of the schools in the district. 

  
 



  

11. 

(a) The number of full time teachers by race in 

the districts 

(b) The number of full time teachers by race in 

@ach school in the district: 

(c) The number of part time teachers by race in 

the district; 

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(d) The number of part time teachers by race in 

each school in the district. 

111. 

Describe the requests and the results which have 

accrued, by race, under the majority to tho WiRoELEY trans- 

fer provision which was a part of this court's order of 

November 7, 1969. 

IV. 

State the number of inter-district transfers 

granted since this court's order of November 7, 1969, the 

race of the students who were granted such transfers, and 

the school district to which the transfers were allowed. 

VY. 

State whether the transportations system, if any, 

in the district is desegregated to the extent that Negro and 

white students are transported daily on the same buses. 

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VI. 

State whether all facilities such as gymnasiums, 

auditoriums, and cafeterias are being operated on a desegre- 

gated basis. 

Vii. 

Give brief description of any present or proposed 

construction or expansion of facilities. 

VIIil. 

(a) State whether the school board has sold or 

abandoned any school facility, equipment, or supplies having 

a total Pains of more than $500.00 since this court's order 

of November 7, 1969. 

IX. 

(a) State whether there is a bi-racial advisory 

committee to the school board in the school district: 

(b) If so, state whether the bi-racial advisory 

committee has submitted recommendations to the board of 

education; 

(c) If so, state the number and disposition of 

such recommendations: 

(d) If a bi-racial committee is in existence, 

state briefly the areas of the education process in which 

the bi-racial committee is to function 

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Copics Of reports are to be served on counsel for 

plaintiffs and amicus curiae. 

This 30 day of March, 1970. 

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Griffin B. Bell 

United States Circuit Judge 

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United States Circuit Judge 

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