Legal Opinion
Meredith v. Fair
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 25, 1962No. 19475PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
The Meredith matter is before us again. This time the appeal is from a final judgment after a trial on the merits. The judgment denies James A. Meredith,, a Mississippi negro in search of an education, an injunction to secure his admission to the University of Mississippi. We reverse with directions that the injunction be issued.
A full review of the record leads the Court inescapably to the conclusion that from the moment the defendants discovered Meredith was a Negro they engaged in a carefully calculated campaign of delay, harassment, and masterly inactivity. It was a…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Jacobson v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Plessy v. FergusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Samuel Bailey v. Joe T. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Ex Parte PoreskySupreme Court of the United States · 1933
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- United States v. ClarkDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1965
- Knight v. State of Ala.District Court, N.D. Alabama · 1991
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