Correspondence from Lani Guinier to Elaine Mielke Re Thornburg v. Gingles

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Case Files, Alexander v. Holmes Hardbacks. Important Notice to All Counsel, 1968. e800f7ab-cf67-f011-bec2-6045bdffa665. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/55d29a3a-a3a8-4508-b2bb-5b41b4c83760/important-notice-to-all-counsel. Accessed August 19, 2025.

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    UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI 

JACKSON - DIVISION 

  

IMPORTANT NOTICE 
  

  

All counsel and litigants in the below styled and 

numbered cases are advised of the setting of these cases 

sufficiently in advance to enable you to be prepared for 

trial of these cases on the merits on the motion to up- 

date the judgments to conform with Charles C., Green vs. 

County School Board, Kent County, Virginia, if necessary, 

Judges Cox, Russell and Nixon will be presiding in 

these cases and will be sitting in Courtroom Number 2 at 

Jackson, Mississippi. 

| The schools involved are directed to make their 

records available at reasonable times during business hours 

to opposite counsel for inspection and copying, if desired. 

Plaintiff's counsel in these cases are likewise directed by 

the Court to furnish opposite counsel any necessary information 

in their possession desired for use in the trial of these cases, 

There should be no occasion for any application to the 

Court for assistance by either side in view of this order. 

Any necessary motions should be filed and presented to the 

Court, or one of the Judges at Jackson on or before August 

16, 1968, or they will stand overruled, Sufficient advanced 

notice is given of these settings to enable counsel and 

litigants to be ready for a full and informative hearing of 

these cases on the merits. Each school will be expected by 

the Court to show the Court its experience with freedom of 

choice at the September, 1968 term of school in these cases, 

William Harold Cox 
United States District Judge 

- Jackson, Mississippi 
July 24, 1968 

 



     

  

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF -MISSISSIPPI 

JACKSON DIVISION 

MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1968: 
  

9:00 O'CLOCK A, M, 
  

No, 4075 = Civil (J) 

United States of America, etc, 

: VS. 

Hihds County School Board, 
et al RE 

Filed: 1-11-67 ‘Civil Rights 

Buford A, Lee, et al 

v8, 

United States of America, et al | 

vs, 

Milton Evans 

Filed: 10-8=65 Civil Rights 

United States Attorney 
P. 0, Box 2091 
Jackson, Mississippi 

Robert C, Cannada 
P, O, Drawer 1250 
Jackson, Mississippi ', 
John M, Putnam 
P.O, Box 2075 
Jackson, Mississippi 

No, 2034 = Civil (H) 

M. M. Roberts 
P., O. Box 870 
Hattiesburg, Miss, 
Howard L, Patterson, Jr, 
P. 0. Box 808 
Hattiesburg, Miss, 

=" J. H, C. . Thomas, Jr. 

+P, O, Box 808 
.. Hattiesburg, Miss. 

United States Attorney 
P. O, Box 209. 
Jackson, Mississippi 

No, 1373 - Civil (E) 

‘United States of America 

vs. 

Kemper County School Board, et al 

Filed: 8-30-66 Civil Rights 

  es re A RT SR A Ei +    WD a a i 

United States Attorney 

Thomas H, Watkins 
P. O, Box 650 

Jackson, Miss, 

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. MONDAY, OCTOBER 7. 1968 Continued 
  

No. 3807. = Civil (J) 
United States of America | Le United States Attorney 

Yves, - 

North Pike County Consolidated © John Gordon Roach, Jr. 
. School District, et al P. O. Box 506 

McComb, Mississippi 

Filed: 8-25-65 . Civil Rights | i 

No. 1120 - Civil (W) 

United States of America | | United States Attorney 

vs, 

Natchez Special Municipal Separate | Thomas H., Watkins 
School District, et al -P., 0, Box 650 

| : Jackson, Mississippi 

Filed: 9-7-65 Civil Rights oh 

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1968: 
  

Nos. 2178 - Civil (H) 

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Marion County School. District, 
+ et al 

~~ Civil Rights 

Fi United States Attorney: 

Richard D, Foxworth 
216 Newsom Building 
Columbia, Mississippi 
Philip Singley : 
203-04 Newsom Building 
Columbia, Mississippi 

No. 3700 = Civil (J) 

~ Joan Anderson, et al 

Sa United States of America 

Marian E, Wright : 
Jack Young & Carsie A, Hall 
115 1/2 N. Farish St, 
Jackson, Miss, 

United States Attorney En 
P. 0, Box 2091 4 Jackson, Mississippi | 

5 VS 

District, et al and The 

Madison County Shook Dis 
trict, et al : 

Si Joe T., Patterson 

Attorney General SV GT 

Jackson, Mississippl “iio 

Robert Goza i LE rake 

“Canton, Mississippi 
"Percy F F, Parker i 
Canton, Mississippi 

Filed: 3-10-65 Civil Rights 

No, 3984 « Civil (J) 

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valted states of America, elec. 

v8. 

South Pike County Consolidated 
School District, et al 

00 civil Rights 

United States Attorney 

Robert S. Reeves 

~ P, 0, Box 998 
- McComb, Mississippi . 

. Thad Leggett, III 
=P. 0. Box 307 
© Magnolia, Mississippi 

 



  

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1968 Continued 

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‘No. 3779 = Civil (J) L— 

Beatrice Alexander, et al . © 7 °° Carsie A, Hall & Jack 
raul tai adel He Young, 115 1/2 N, 

Farish Street 
Jackson, Miss, 
R. Jess Brown 
'125.1/2 N. Farish Street 
Jackson, Miss, 

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JR ve, 

: +." Holmes: County Board of Ed Joe T, Patterson 
ob: Education, et al : i Attorney General 

Bi AREA te P..O. Box 220 
oo Jackson, Mississippi 
i Thomas H, Watkins 

Jackson, Mississippi 
Edwin White i 
Lexington, Mississippi 
Calvin R. King 
P.O, Box 91 Sl 
Durant, Mississippl = 

Filed: 7=19=65 ~~ Civil Rights 

No. 1209 = Civil (W) 

2 Roy Lee Harris, et al hin o«. Marian Wright 
ML, ieeh mii” 538 1/2 North Farish St, 

“in. Jackson, Mississippi = o.oo 

v8, 

The Yazoo County Board of T. H, Campbell, Jr, 
Education, et al P.O. Box 35 

: Yazoo City, Mississippi 

red: B«29-67 Civil Rights 

  

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No. 1300 = Civil (E) 

| John Barnhardt, minoz, et al Marian E, Wright : 
538 1/2 No. Farish St. 
Jackson, Mississippi 

vs, 

Meridian Separate School "William B, Compton 
District, et al P. 0. Box 845 | 

' Meridian, Mississippi 
Robert B, Deen, Jr, 
P. O. Box 888 
Meridian, Mississippi 

© Filed: 5-10-65 = Civil Rights 

No, 1368 = Civil (E) 

United States of America fe United States Attorney 

vs, 

Philadelphia Municipal Separate Herman Alford 
School District, et al 424 Center Avenue 

| Piladelonia, Hississippi 

Filed: 8-18-66 ~~ Civil Rights 

. No, 1396 =~ Civil (E) 

United States of America United States Attorney | 

VS. 

Neshoba County School Laurel G. Weir 
District, et al P. O, Box 150 

Philadelphia, Miss, 

Filed: 1-11-67 Civil Rights 

No, 1372 = Civil (E) 

United States of America ~ United States Attorney 

VS. 

Noxubee County School District, Ernest L, Brown 
et al’ Ea Macon, Mississippi 

Filed: 8-26-66 a Civil Rights 

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1968 Continued 

No. 1367 = Civil (E) 

United States of America | United States Attorney 

V8, 

Lauderdale County School William B, Compton 

District, et al Greater Miss, Life Bldg. 
‘Meridian, Miss. 

Filed: 8-17-66 Civil Rights 

    

 



  

  

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1968: 
  

No. 3382 - Civil (J) 

Dian Hudson, et al, United United States Attorney States of America 

‘ vs, 

Leake County School Board, ‘Harold W, Davidson 
et al SR Carthage, Mississippi 

Filed: 6-28-65 Civil Rights | 

No, 2199 = Civil (H) 

‘United States of America Sh United States Attorney 

‘V8, | 

Columbia Municipal Separate Maurice Dantin 
School, et al P, 0. Box 604 

i bE Columbia, Mississippi 

Filed: 6-28-67 "Civil Rights 

No, 3983 = Civil (J) 

United States of America United States Attorney 

vs. 

Amite County School District, oo LJ. D. Gordon 
et al Liberty, Mississippi 

Filed: 8-9-66 ~~ Civil Rights 

No. 2148 - Civil (H) 

ited States of America United States Attorney 

Va. 

Covington County School District, William D, Adams 
et al | P.O. Box 521 

Collins, Mississippi 
John K, Keyes 
Collins, Mississippi 

Filed: 12-12-66 Civil Rights 

         



  

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1968 Continued 
  

No. 2216 =- Civil (H) 

United States of America : United States Attorney 

VS, 

Lawrence County School « Cary C, Bass, Jr. 
District, et al | P. O. Box 626 

Monticello, Mississippi 

_ Filed: 9-25-67 Civil Rights | 

   



  

  

  

~ FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, .1968: 

No. 1096 = Civil (W) 

Jeremiah Blackwell, Jr., a 
minor, etc., et al 

VS. 

Issaquena County Board of 
‘Education, et al - 

Filed: 4-1-65 Civil Rights: 

Carsie A, Hall & Jack 
H. Young 

115 1/2 N, Parish St, 
Jackson, Mississippi 
Reuben V, Anderson 

538 1/2 N. Farish St. 
Jackson, Mississippi 

Joe T, Patterson 

Attorney General 

P. O. Box 220 
Jackson, Mississippi 
Herman C. Glazier 

506 Walnut Street 
Rolling Fork, Mississippi 

No. 1160 = Civil 

United States of America, 
etc, 

v8, 

Wilkinson County School 
' District, et al 

Filed: 9-8-66 Civil Rights 

“w 10 = 

United States Attorney 

Richard T. Watson 

be Woodville, Mississippi 

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