Case: Fairley et al. v. Patterson, Attorney General of Mississippi, et al.; Bunton et al. v. Patterson, Attorney General of Mississippi, et al.; Whitley et al. v. Williams, Governor of Mississippi, et al.
Abbreviation: Fairley v. Patterson
Decision Date: 1968-06-10
Docket Number: No. 1058; No. 1059; No. 1174
Citation: 392 U.S. 902
Volume: 392
Reporter: United States Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Fairley et al. v. Patterson, Attorney General of Mississippi, et al.; Bunton et al. v. Patterson, Attorney General of Mississippi, et al.; Whitley et al. v. Williams, Governor of Mississippi, et al.
Judges: 
Pages: 902–902

Head Matter:
No. 1058.
No. 1059.
No. 1174.
Fairley et al. v. Patterson, Attorney General of Mississippi, et al.; Bunton et al. v. Patterson, Attorney General of Mississippi, et al.; Whitley et al. v. Williams, Governor of Mississippi, et al.
Denison Ray and Lawrence Aschenbren-ner for appellants in Nos. 1058 and 1059.
Armand Derf-ner, Alvin J. Bronstein, and Richard B. Sobol for appellants in No. 1174.
Joe T. Patterson, Attorney General of Mississippi, pro se, and William A. Attain and Will S. Wells, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellees in all three cases.
Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General Poliak, Louis F. Claiborne, Francis X. Bey-tagh, Jr., and Nathan Lewin filed a memorandum for the United States, as amicus curiae, by invitation of the Court.

Opinion:
Appeals from D. C. S. D. Miss. Further consideration of question of jurisdiction in these cases postponed to hearing of the cases on the merits. Cases consolidated and a total of two hours allotted for oral argument.
Reported below: No. 1058, 282 F. Supp. 164; No. 1059, 281 F. Supp. 918.