3 Negro Women File Suit Against Cone Mills Corporation for Hiring Discrimination; Anderson v. Cox - Judge Restricts Right of LDF Lawyers to Practice in Mississippi - U.S. Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of LDF

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September 13, 1968 - September 18, 1968

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3 Negro Women File Suit Against Cone Mills Corporation in Greensboro, N.C. for Discrimination in Hiring Because of Race; Anderson v. Cox - Judge Restricts Right of LDF Lawyers to Practice in Mississippi - U.S. Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of LDF

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Press Releases, Volume 5. 3 Negro Women File Suit Against Cone Mills Corporation for Hiring Discrimination; Anderson v. Cox - Judge Restricts Right of LDF Lawyers to Practice in Mississippi - U.S. Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of LDF, 1968. 1a96e2f6-b892-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/f6289fbc-dd66-4262-9c20-8f46de94b33b/3-negro-women-file-suit-against-cone-mills-corporation-for-hiring-discrimination-anderson-v-cox-judge-restricts-right-of-ldf-lawyers-to-practice-in-mississippi-us-court-of-appeals-rules-in-favor-of-ldf. Accessed October 09, 2025.

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On Sept. 18, 1968, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth 

Circuit ruled in favor of the LDF in the case of Anderson v. Cox, 

brought to compel Federal District Judge Harold Cox of the 

Southern District of Mississippi to withdraw his restrictions 

on the right of LDF lawyers not admitted to practice in Miss. to 

appear in civil rights cases in his court. The Court ruled that 

Judge Cox's "RULE AS TO NON-RESIDENT ATTORNEYS" was invalid 

because it was unreasonable in its application to non-fee- 

generating civil rights cases. The Court held that Judge Cox 

cannot limit special appearances of attorneys in good standing in 

their respective bars either as to the number of their appearances 

or the duration of their prior practice. 

N.Y.TIMES - N.Y., Atlanta 
WALL ST. JOURNAL - Dallas 

AP, UPI 



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PRESS RELEASE 

President 
Hon. Francis E. Rivers 

Director-Counsel 

egal efense und Jack Greenberg 
Di Public Relations 

NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. Jolo Devons To 
10 Columbus Circle, New York, N.Y. 10019 * JUdson 6-8397 NIGHT NUMBER 212-749-8487 

FOR RELEASE 
September 13, 1968 

NEGRO WOMEN REFUSED JOBS: WHITE WOMEN HIRED 
BACK PAY SOUGHT FROM CONE MILLS CORPORATIO! 

GREENSBORO, N. C.--Three Negro women fxom Cedar Grove, N. C. 
have filed suit against Cone Mills Corporation, one of the 
largest textile companies in the state, charging that the 
company refused to hire them because of their race. 

Shirley Lee, Romona Pinnix and Annie Tinnin made the 
charge last August and will be represented in U.S. District 
Court here, September 16, by NAACP Legal Defense and Edu- 
cational Fund, Inc. (LDF) staff attorney Robert Belton, and 
cooperating attorney Julius L. Chambers. 

According to Belton and Chambers, the three women ap- 
plied for positions as trainees at the Cone Mills Corporation, 
located in Hillsboro, North Carolina, and were told these 
positions were not open. However, they said, a few days later 
the company hired three white women in the same capacity 
for which their clients had applied. 

They said their clients, under the law, are entitled to 
back pay from the time they were out of work until they 
were employed by Burlington Mills where they now work, 

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NOTE: The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. 
(LDF) is a separate and distinct organization from the 
NAACP. Its correct designation is NAACP Legal Defense and 
Educational Fund, Inc., which is shortened to LDF.

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