Order Transferring Durant School District Case

    IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Sheu 

BEATRICE ALEXANDER, et al., 

| Plaintiffs-Appellants, 

VS NOS. 28030 and 28042 

THE HOLMES COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, et al. 

(DURANT MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT) 
Defendants-Appellees. 

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ORDER 
  

Pursuant to the decision of the Supreme Court in 

Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education, 1969, 396. U.S. 
    

19, 90 8.Ct. 29, 24 L.Ed.2d 19, this Court has retained juris- 

diction of the within captioned school cases pending the 

desegregation of each system. 

Subsequent to this decision of the Supreme Court, the 

following orders were entered by this Court with respect 

to Durant Municipal Separate School District: 

(1) United States v, Hinds County School Board, 5:-Cir., 
  
  

November 7, 1969, 423 F.2d 1264 Durant Municipal Separate School 

Pistrict. 

(2) Agreed Order of July 27, 1970, between Holmes | 

County Board of Education and Beatrice Alexander, et al., | 

plaintiffs, creating Durant Municipal Separate School District 

out of Holmes County School District. 

Meanwhile the semi-annual status reports required by 

our decision in United States v. Hinds County School Board, 
  
  

5 Cir., 1970, 433 F.2d 611, 618-19, has been filed for 

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It now appearing that the Durant Municipal Separate 

School District school system has been and is being 

maintained as a unitary school system in compliance with 

the aforesaid orders, and it further appearing that it 

would be appropriate to transfer jurisdiction of the case 

to the district court under a final order there to be 

entered as follows, it is ORDERED: 

(1) Jurisdiction of No. 3779, Beatrice Alexander, 
  

et al., v. The Holmes County Board of Education, et al., 
  

(Durant Municipal Separate School District) is hereby 
  

transferred to the United States District Court for the 

Southern District of Mississippi; . 

(2) Said case may be placed on the nacive docket 

of that court subject to being reopened for good cause 

shown on the application of any party, or intervenor, or 

Sua sponte; 
  

(3) The aforesaid orders entered by this Court shall 

be considered as the mandate of this Court and are to be 

made the order of the district court; 

(4) The reports required by United States v. Hinds 
  

  

County School Board, 433 F. 2d 618-19, supra, may be dis- 

continued in the event coples of the Summary Reports (Forms 

101 and 102) which are filed annually with the Department of 

Health, Education and Welfare, along with a report showing 

faculty and staff assignments as required in the Hinds County 
  

type of report and faculty and staff hiring by race if such 

information is not reflected in the HEW Summary Reports, 

are filed simultaneously with the district court and served 

upon counsel for plaintiffs and amicus curiae, and are 

retained for a period of two years by the district court 

  

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HEW reports, the defendant school districts may continue 

to file the Hinds County type of report but on an annual 

basis not later than November 15 to reflect status as of’ 

October 15 each year. 

IT IS SO ORDERED, this the 19thlday of April 
  

1974. 

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