Legal Opinion
Morrow v. Dillard
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 29, 1978No. 76-2882PublishedCited by 184 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:
For the third time this Court is confronted with a civil rights class action challenging the racially discriminatory hiring policies of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol (“Patrol”) and the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (“Department”). There are three questions presented on this appeal: (1) Whether the District Court, acting pursuant to the mandate of a prior en banc decision of this Court, abused its discretion or imposed an unconstitutional hiring preference by ordering that the Patrol and Department, when hiring future employees or officers, temporarily…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Fitzpatrick v. BitzerSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by184 opinions
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- Familias Unidas, an Unincorporated Association, and Irma Torrez v. Dolph BriscoeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Iron Workers Local 272 v. BowenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- 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
- Gagne v. MaherCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
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