Legal Opinion
Meredith v. Fair
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 12, 1962No. 19394PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
James H. Meredith is a Mississippi Negro in search of an education. Mississippi is one of three states which have not yet allowed a Negro citizen to seek an education at any of its state-supported, “white” colleges and universities.1
After graduation from high school at the age of seventeen, Meredith volunteered for the United States Air Force. He was honorably discharged nine years later. During his years in the service, he acquired thirty-four semester credits by attending night courses at the University of Maryland (Far Eastern Division, Tokyo), the University of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- United States of America Ex Rel. Robert Lee Goldsby v. William Harpole, Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Lucy v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Hunt v. ArnoldDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1959
- Ludley v. Board of Supervisors of L. S. U.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1957
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3Cited by52 opinions
- Jake ROWE Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- 22 Fair empl.prac.cas. 819, 22 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 30,831 James E. Crawford v. Western Electric Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Hobson Ex Rel. Hobson v. HansenDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1967
- Herman Jackson, Jr. v. James B. Godwin, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Local 189, United Papermakers & Paperworkers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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