Meredith v. Fair, 1962

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In Barnett, (316 F.2d) Chief Judge Tuttle proposed an Order on Motions argued February 8, which was revised at the suggestion of Judge Rives.

Judge Rives undertook to express the views of Chief Judge Tuttle and Judges Brown and Wisdom in an opinion he submitted to them (330 F.2d). After conferring with Chief Judge Tuttle and Judge Brown , this opinion was revised and sent to the remaining judges. It would be further revised at the suggestion of Judge Brown. The addendum was authored by Judge Brown, revised at the suggestion of Judge Rives, revised again at the suggestion of Judge Wisdom, and retitled in view of Judge Jones; objections to its original title.

Judge Brown drafted a per curiam Certificate Statement of Facts, which he circulated to Chief Judge Tuttle and Judges Rives and Wisdom. Chief Judge Tuttle and Judge Bell would later revise the Brown proposeal, upon receipt of the individual opinions. Judge Rives and then Judges Brown and Cameron objected in part to the Tuttle/Bell revision and it was, accordingly, revised. Judge Jones rewrote the certified question.

Judge Bell revised his opinion just prior to publication, as did Judge Gewin his. The Statement was amended at the suggestion of Judge Cameron. Judge Rives suggested one final change in the Tuttle/Rives/Brown/Wisdom opinion, which was not adopted.

Includes TLS of Judge Rives, telegraph of Judge Wisdom, telegraph of Chief Judge Tuttle,TLS of Judge Cameron and TL of Judge Gewin on the proposed Order of Chief Judge Tuttle and on its revision as appropriate.

Also includes original proposed opinion (330 F.2d) of Judge Rives; TLS of Judge Rives to Chief Judge Tuttle and Judges Brown and Wisdom on his proposal; TLS of Judge Rives to Chief Judge Tuttle and Judges Brown and Wisdom on revision of his proposed opinion; TLS of Judge Rives on the opinion as revised; and, TL of Judge Brown on further revision of the Rives opinion as appropriate. And includes proposed Statement of Facts of Judge Brown; TL of Judge Brown to Chief Judge Tuttle and Judges Rives and Wisdom on his proposed Statement of Facts; TL and TLS of Judge Brown to Chief Judge Tuttle and Judges Rives and Wisdom on the Rives opinion and on simultaneous release of the opinions as appropriate; and, TLS of Judge Brown to Chief Judge Tuttle and Judge Wisdom on the nature and requirement of the statement of facts accompanying certified questions, genreally.

And includes holograph notes of Judge Wisdom on the merits and on oral argument.

And includes TLS of Chief Judge Tuttle, TLS (2) of Judge Brown, TL of Judge Cameron and TLS of Judge Gewin on the Statement of Facts and Certified Question to be written.

And includes TL of Chief Judge Tuttle on revision of the opinion of Judge Gewin as appropriate; TLS (2) of Jduge Rives on the positions on the merits and the opinions of Judge Cameron, Jones, Gewin and Bell, and on filing the separate opinions in this case, generally; and, TLS of Judge Gewin and TL of Judge Hutcheson on the Rives TLS.

And includes TLS of Chief Judge Tuttle on the proposed Certified Question and Statement of the Case; TLS of Judge Rives, TL of Judge Brown (bearing AN to Judge Wsidom ) and TLS of Judge Cameron on the Tuttle/Bell proposal and on its revision as appropriate; TLS of Judge Jones on the Statement and the suggestions for revision of Judge Brwon; and, TLS of Judge Jones on his suggested Certified Question.

And includes TLS of Judge Rives to Chief Judge Tuttle and Judges Brown and Wisdom on the proposed addentum of Judge Brown, on its revision as appropriate, and on the separate opinion of Judge Cameron; ANS of Judge Brown to JudgeWisdom on revision of the addendum as suggested by the latter; and, TLS of Judge Jones on the addendum as first proposed by Judge Brown.

And includes TLS of Judge Brown to Judge Wisdom on printing the Question, Statement and opinions, and referring to the position of Judge Rives.

And includes TLS of Judge Cameron on the final document to be filed; and, TLS of Chief Judge Tuttle to Judges Rives, Brown and Wisdom, and TLS of Judge Brown to Chief Judge Tuttle and Judges Rives and Wisdom on a change suggested by Judge Rives in the Tuttle/Rives/Brown/Wisdom opinion.

And includes TLS of Judge Cameron referring to [United States v. State of Mississippi, 229 F.Supp. 925 (S.D.Miss. 1964)], and on the panel assigned to that case; and, TLS of Judge Rives on the Cameron TLS, the composition of three-judge district courts, generally, and on the assignemnt of Judge Cameron to such courts, generally.