Order Transferring Columbia School District Case

    \C Nos. 28030 & 28042 

  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

Vv, 

HINDS COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, et al., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 4075(J)) 

  

BUFORD A LEE, et al., 

Plaintiffs-Appellees, 

Vv, 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Defendant-Appellant, 

Vv. J 

MILTON EVANS, 

Third Party 

Defendant-Appellee. 

(Civil Action No. 2034(H)) 

  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

Ve. 

KEMPER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, et al., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 1373(E)) 

  

 



  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

Ve 

NORTH PIKE COUNTY CONSOLIDATED 
SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 3807(J)) 

  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

Ve. 

NATCHEZ SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SEPARATE 
SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 1120(W)) 

  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

Vv, 

COVINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 2148(H)) 

  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

Vv, 

LAWRENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 2216(H)) 

  

 



JEREMIAH BLACKWELL, JR., et al., 

  

Plaintiffs-Appellants, 

V. 

' ISSAQUENA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, 
et al., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 1096(W)) 

  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

Vv. 

WILKINSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 1160(W)) 

  

CHARLES KILLINGSWORTH, et al., 

Plaintiffs-Appellants, 

Vv. 

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, et al., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 4292 (J)) 

  

 



  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

v, 

MARION COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 2178(H)) 

  

JOAN ANDERSON, et al., 

Plaintiffs-Appellants, 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Intervenor, 
Appellant, 

Ve 

THE CANTON MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., 
and THE MADISON COUNTY SCHOOL 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., 

Plaintiffs-Appellants, 

Vv, 

HOLMES COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, et al., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 3779 (J)) 

  

 



  

ROY LEE HARRIS, et al., 

Plaintiffs-Appellants, 

Ve 

THE YAZOO COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, 

et al., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 1209(W)) 

  

JOHN BARNHARDT, et al., 

Plaintiffs-Appellants, 

V. 

MERIDIAN SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 1300 (E)) 

  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

Vv. 

NESHOBA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, ét al., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 1396(E)) 

  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellent, 

Vv, 

NOXUBEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 1372(E)) 

  

 



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

  

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

y, 

LAUDERDALE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, 

et al., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 1367 (E)) 

  

DIAN HUDSON, et al., 

Plaintiffs-Appellants, 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Intervenor- 

Appellant, 

Ve. 

LEAKE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, et al., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 3382 (J)) 

  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

v, 

COLUMBIA MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL, et al., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 2199 (H)) 

  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

Vv. 

AMITE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 3983(J)) 

  

 



  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

Ve 

PHILADELPHIA MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL 
DISTRICT, et al., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 1368 (E)) 

  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

Vv. 

FRANKLIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 4256 (J)) 

  

Appeals from the United States District Court for the 
Southern District of Mississippi 

  

ORDER 

Pursuant to the decision of the Supreme Court 

in Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education, 1969 
  
  

3%6.U.8. 19, 90S. Ct. 29, 24 L. Ed. 24 19, this Court 

has retained jurisdiction 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 Columbia Municipal Separate School District: 

(1) United States v. Hinds County School Board, 
    

5 Cir., November 7, 1969, 423 F. 2d 1264 (Columbia 

Municipal Separate School District); 

 



  

(2) United States v. Hinds County School Board, 
  

  

5 Cir., March 30, 1970, 423 PF. 24 1264 {Columbia 

Municipal Separate School District); 

(3) United States of America v. Columbia 
    

Municipal Separate School District, November 19, 1969, 
  

Nos. 28030-28042; 

(4) United States of America v. Columbia 
    

Municipal Separate School District, November 8, 1971, 
  

Nos. 28030-28042. 

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, have been 

filed through and including October 15, 1973. 

It now appearing that the Columbia 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. 2199(H), United States 

  

of America v. Columbia 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 inactive 

docket of that court subject to being reopened for good 

cause shown on the application of any party, or inter- 

venor, 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 discontinued in the event copies of the Summary Re- 

ports (Forms 101 and 102) which are filed annually with 

the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, along 

with a report showing faculty ani staff assignments as 

required in the Hinds County type of report and faculty 
  

and staff hiring by race if such information is not re- 

flected in the HEW Summary Reports, are filed simultane- 

ously with the district court and served upon counsel 

for plaintiffs and amicus curiae, and are vetolned for a 

period of two years by the district Count for examination 

by counsel for the parties herein or amicus curiae. As 

an alternative to filing the 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. 

 



  

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