Order Transferring Philadelphia School District Case

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EDWARD W. WADSWORTH OFFICE OF THE CLERK 600 CAMP STREET 

CLERK NEW ORLEANS, LA. 70130 

February 27, 1974 

Mr. Robert C. Thomas, Clerk 
U, 8S, District Court 
P, O. Box 769 
Jackson, Mississippi 39205 

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

Dear Mr, Thomas: 

Enclosed is a certified copy of an order entered by the 
court in the Philadelphia Municipal Separate School 

District case. 

Very truly yours, 

EDWARD W, WADSWORTH, Clerk 

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/cfs Deputy Clerk 
enclosure 

  

cc and enclosure to: 

Hon, Dan M. Russell, Jr. 
Mr. Jack Greenberg! 
Mr. David L. Norman 

Mr. Melvyn Leventhal 
Mr. Thomas M. Keeling 
Mr. Herman Alford 

 



  

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Nos. 28030 & 28042 < Es 

  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

Ve. 

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. - y 

MILTOll EVANS, 

Third Party 
Defendant-Appellee. 

{Civil Action Ho. 2034 (i}) 

  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

v. Fit 

KEMPER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, et al.,. 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 1373(E)) 

  

 



UNITED STATES OF AMIRICA, 

  

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

v. 

MARION COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, ef 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)) $a 

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

Y. 

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)) 

  

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

  

Pilaintiff-Appellant, 

Ye. 

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)) 

  

a UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

. Plaintiff-Appeliant, 

Ve. 

COVINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., 

Defendants-2Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 1248(H)) 

  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

| Platntiff-anpeilant, 

Ve 

~ LAWRENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 2216 (H)) 

  

 



  
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JEREMI2AH BLACKWELL, JR., et 83.4 

Plaintiffs-Appellants, 

Vv. 

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., 

Defendants-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 STATED OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

Vv. 

LINCOLN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 4292(J)) 

  

 



  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

Ve. 

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, 

v. 

- LEAKE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, et al., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

: i (Civil Action No. 3382(J)) 

  

UNITED SHATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

Vv. 

COLUMBIA MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL, et al., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 2199(H)) 

  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

; Plaintiff-Appellant, 

v. 

 AMITE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., 

Defendants-Aprellees. 

(Civil Action No. 3983(J)) 

  

 



ROY LEL HARRIS, et al., 

  

Plaintiffs-Appellants, 

Vv. 

THE YAZOO COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, 

et al., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 1209 (W)) 

  

JOHN BARNHARDT, et al., 

Plaintiffs-Appellants, 

- 

MERIDIAN SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 1300(E)) 

  

- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

| Pl?intiff-Appellant, 

ve. 

NESHOBA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 1396 (E)) 

  

: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

© 

NOXUBEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No.. 137221(8))-.. . ‘ 

  

 



  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

Ve 

PHILADELPHIA MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL 

DISTRICT, et al., 

Defendants-2Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 1368(E)) 

  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

Ve. 

FRANKLIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(Civil Action No. 4256 (J)) 

  

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Appeals from the United States District Court for 

the southern District of Mississippi 

  

ORDER . 

  

Pursuant to the decision of the Supreme Court in 

United States v. Hinds County School Board, 5 Cir., 
    

November 7, 1969, 423 F.2d 1264 (Philadelphia Municipal 

Separate School District), 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 Philadelphia Municipal Separate School District: 

 



  

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

3 Cir. , November 7, 1969, 423 F.2d 1264 (Canton Municipal 

School District); (This particular order reaches all cases 

and Canton is used as an example.) 

(2) Order of the United States Court of Appeals 

For the Fifth Circuit, dated 24 November, 1969. 

Meanwhile the semi-annual status reports required 

by our decision in United States v. Hinds County School 
    

road, 5 Cir., 1970, 433 F.2d 611, 618-13, have been filed 

shudish and including October 15, 1973. 

| It now appearing that the Philadelphia Wanioipal 

Separate Scheol District school system has been and is 

being maintained as a unitary school system in compliance 

with the 2foveraid orders and it further appearing that 

it would be ehoropriste 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 Nos. 28030 & 28042, United 

States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Philadelphia 

Municipal Separate School District, et al., Defendants- 

Appellees, 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 applicaticen cof any party, or intervenor, or 

“ ua 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 copies of the Summary Reports 

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

BenErimens 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 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. 

 



  

IT IS SO ORDERED, this the 27thday of February 
  

"1974. 

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APPROVED AS TO FORM: 

  

Herman Alford, Attorney for 
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