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Mississippi et al. v. Meredith, 1963 — 372 U.S. 916 · caselaw · US
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Mississippi et al. v. Meredith
372 U.S. 916·Supreme Court of the United States·1963
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Opinion
No. 661.
Mississippi et al. v. Meredith.
Joe T. PattersonAttorney General of Mississippi, Dugas Shands, Assistant Attorney General, and Thomas H. Watkins, Malcolm B. Montgomery, Garner W. Green, Peter M. Stockett and Charles Clark, Special Assistant Attorneys General, for petitioners. Solicitor General Cox, Assistant Attorney General Marshall and Harold H. Greene for the United States.
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Motion of the United States for leave to be named a party respondent granted. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.