Byrd said Tuesday. Hopefully, it can be settled. There are certain things the plaintiffs will not negotiate on and things we will negotiate on,'' he said. The lawsuit filed by the late Jake Ayers Sr., a Jackson State University parent, accuses Mississippi of neglecting its three historically black universities for decades. It has dragged on for a long, long time.
Closure is in order.
Lillie Ayers told The Clarion-Ledger. But Lillie Ayers, a social worker with Head Start programs in Washington County who has stayed in touch with Ayers lawyers over the years, said a settlement won't happen overnight. Lillie Ayers said. Second District U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, the lead plaintiff in the case, and lawyers on their side, signed papers earlier this spring naming attorneys with Jackson-based Byrd and Associates as lead counsel in the case. With settlement talks recently raised by Musgrove, Byrd was brought in since longtime plaintiffs' lead attorney Alvin Chambliss Jr. had moved to Houston, Texas.