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United States Court of Appeals 

FIFTH CIRCUIT 

EDWARD W. WADSWORTH OFFICE OF THE CLERK 600 CAMP STREET 

CLERK NEW ORLEANS, LA. 70130 

June 7, 1973 

Mr. Robert C. Thomas, Clerk 
U, 8S. District Court 
P, O. Box 769 

Jackson, Mississippi 39205 

Nos. 28030 and 28042 - U.S.A. vs. Hinds County, 
et al, 
  

Dear Mr. Thomas: 

Enclcsed is a certified copy of a consent order entered 
by the court in the Canton Municipal Separate School 
District case. 

Very truly yours, 

EDWARD W, WADSWORTH, Clerk 

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By 2 2Z. Z3 AE 

/cts Deputy CIerk 
enclosure 

  

cc and enclosure to: 
Hon. Dan M. Russell / 
Mr. Jack Greenberg [/ 
Mr. David L. Norman 

Mr. Melvyn Leventhal 
Mr, Joe R. Fancher 

 



  

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CONSENT ORDER 
  

Plaintiffs having filed a Motion for Contempt Judgment, and the 

parties thereafter having conferred and agreed upon a disposition of 

the matter which agreement is herein adopted by the Court, 

it is hereby ORDERED: 

l. the defendants, members of the board of trustees of the 

defendant Canton Municipal Separate School District, shall forthwith 

take all steps necessary to cause said School District to assure the 

repossession of the Stadium (bleachers) and night lights heretofore 

removed from the public school system to the Canton Academy; 

 



  

2. the Stadium (bleachers )referred to above shall be relocated 

upon the campus of the public Canton High School (formerly Rogers 

High School); the night lights referred to above shall be placed in 

storage or otherwise retained by defendants as properties owned by 

the public school district; 

3. defendants shall pay to plaintiffs'counsel, Melvyn R. 

Leventhal, the sum of two hundred dollars as reasonable attcrney's 

fees incident to the pending motion; 

4. defendants are enjoined from selling or otherwise disposing 

of or releasing any public school property without providing in the 

instrument, document or other means of sale, conveyance, transfer 

or release that such property may not be used by or for a private 

school. 

5. the Motion for Contempt Judgment heretofore filed in this 

cause and now pending in this Court be and the same is hereby disposed 

of in accordance with this order. 

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ORDERED this 

  
  

  

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JOE R. TANCHER a by 
Counsel for the Canton 

Municipal Separate School District