Legal Opinion

Henry J. Kirksey, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Board of Supervisors of Hinds County, Mississippi, Defendants

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 25, 1977No. 75-2212Published

1Opinion of the Court

554 F.2d 139

Henry J. KIRKSEY et al., Individually and on behalf of all

others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, et al.,

Defendants- Appellees.

No. 75-2212.

United States Court of Appeals,

Fifth Circuit.

May 31, 1977.

Rehearing Denied July 25, 1977.

Frank R. Parker, Lawyers' Comm. for Civil Rights Under Law, Herman Wilson, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jessica Dunsay Silver, Atty., App. Section, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae.

Thomas H. Watkins, John M. Putnam, William A. Allain, Jackson, Miss., for…

Also in this document: Dissent · Coleman; Dissent · Clark; Dissent · Hill.

2Cases cited46 opinions

  1. Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  3. Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971

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