Legal Opinion
Meredith v. Fair
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 27, 1962No. 19475PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
In this ease time is now of the quintessence. Time has been of the essence since January 1961 when James Meredith, in the middle of his junior year at Jackson State College (for Negroes), applied for admission to the University of Mississippi.
This Court heard three appeals of the case. In our opinion on the last appeal, 305 F.2d 341, we concluded:
“* * * [F] rom 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 defense designed to discourage and to defeat by…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Rosenberg v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Magnum Import Co. v. CotySupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Eva Hines v. Royal Indemnity CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1958
- Evans v. EnnisCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960
- Lucy v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- Dilley v. AlexanderCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- T. S. Alphin and Alphin Aircraft, Inc. v. Richard HensonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
- Reserve Mining Co. v. LordCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Norman Gradsky, George Levine, B. J. Gradsky, Robert B. Roberts, Alfred Schiff, Robert Grene, Leonard L. Glaser and E. E. Gibbons v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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