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1. The jurisdiction of this Court is invoked pursuant to provi-
sions of Title 28, United States Code, $1343(3). This is an action
authorized by law, Title 42, United States Code, $1983. This action
is brought by the plaintiff to redress the deprivation, under color
of state law, state custom, state regulation and state usage, of rights
secured to him by the Constitution of the United States, The rights
here sought to be secured are rights guaranteed by the due process and
equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitu-
tion of the United States, as hereinafter more fully appears.
2. This is a proceeding for a declaratory judgment, pursuant to
provisions of Title 28, United States Code, §2201, for the purpose of
having this Court determine the question whether the plaintiff, and
members of the class represented by plaintiff, as Negro citizens and
residents of the State of Mississippi, have a right to attend the
University of Mississippi and other state institutions of higher
learning presently limited to white students, upon the same terms and
conditions applicable to white citizens and residents of Mississippi.
3.
This is a proceeding for a temporary restraining order with-
out notice, a preliminary and permanent injunction, enjoining the
defendants, and each of them, their agents, servants, employees,
attorneys, successors, and all persons in active concert and participa-
tion with them, from:
a) refusing to consider and act expeditiously upon the
application of the plaintiff, and members of his class, for admission
to the University of Mississippi, and other state institutions of
higher learning, solely because of race and color;
b) refusing to advise the plaintiff, and members of his
class, as to the status of their applications and deficiencies with
respect thereto, solely because of race and color;
c) refusing to admit plaintiff, and members of his class,
to the University of Mississippi and other state institutions of
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This item is a copy of a motion filed on behalf of James Meredith against the University of Mississippi.
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