Motion for an Order Directing the Issuance of the Mandate

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June 17, 1969

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Includes Correspondence from Leventhal to Clerk.

Topic
- Educational Equity
LDF Attorneys
Cooperating Attorneys
Organization
- LDF
Matter
- Henry v. Clarksdale Municipal Separate School District
Case
- Henry v. Clarksdale Municipal Separate School District
U.S. state
- Mississippi
Collection
- Case Files
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- 0e29cb09-8518-f111-8342-0022482cdbbc

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Case Files, Henry v. Clarksdale Hardbacks. Motion for an Order Directing the Issuance of the Mandate, 1969. 0e29cb09-8518-f111-8342-0022482cdbbc. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/84280664-1435-485f-bdc2-7574302fcb7b/motion-for-an-order-directing-the-issuance-of-the-mandate. Accessed April 01, 2026.

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ANDERSON & BANKS 

Attorneys at Law 

538Y2 NORTH FARISH BETREET 

JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI 39202 

REUBEN V. ANDERSON POST DFFICE DRAWER 290 

FRED L. BANKS, JR. AREA CODE 601 9248-7301 

June 16, 1969 

Honorable Edward W. Wadsworth 
Clerk 
United States Court of Appeals 

for the Fifth Circuit 
Room 408 -~ 400 Royal Street 
New Orleans, Louisianna 70130 

RE: Rebecca E, Henry, et al. 
vs. Lhe Clarksdale Mu- 
nicipal Separate School 
District, et al. 
NO. 232055 

Dear Mr. Wadsworth: 

Enclosed please find for filing an original and three co- 
ples of a Motion for an Order Directing the Issuance of the Man- 
date. 

Sincerely, 

Melvyn R. Leventhal 

MRL: scg 
Enclosure 

cc: Semmes Luckett, Esquire 



IN THE UNITED STATES COUR] 

OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT 

es ag 
NO, 23,255 

REBECCA E, HENRY, et, al., 

Appellants, 

Vs. 

THE CLARKSDALE MUNICIPAL 
SEPARATE. SCHOOL, DISTRICT, et. al., 

Appellees. 

MOTION FOR AN ORDER DIRECTING 

THE ISSUANCE OF THE MANDATE 

This motion is filed pursuant to Rules 27 and 41 of the 

Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. 

1. This case was argued before the Court in May, 1966, 

and decided March 6, 1969; 

2. Defendants-appellees filed a Petition for Rehearing 

en Banc on March 19, 1969. 

3. This Court has made it abundantly clear that the 

school year 1969-70 is the target date for the implementation 

of Green. 

4, If this Court fails to immediately order the issuance 

of a mandate in this case, plaintiffs, who had been awaiting 

the decision of this Court since 1966, will again be asked to 

wait, this time until the 1970-71 schocl year. 



WHEREFORE, appellants respectfully pray that the court 

enter an order directing the mandate to issue. 

Respectfully submitted, 

}i | : 

MELVYN IR. LEVENTHAL 
REUBEN V. ANDERSON 

FRED L. BANKS, JR. 
538% North Farish Street 
Jackson, Mississippi 39202 

JACK GREENBERG 

JONATHAN SHAPIRO 
NORMAN CHACHKIN 

Suite 2030 
10 Columbus Circle 
New York, New York 10019 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

wr " IN AY Tr 

I hereby certify that on this }! day of June, 1969, 

I caused the foregoing Motion for an Order Directing the 

Issuance of the Mandate to be served upon the Honorable 

Semmes Luckett, 121 Yazoo Avenue, Clarksdale, Mississippi, 

by first class United States mail, postage prepaid. 
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Motion for an Order Directing the Issuance of the Mandate

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