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NAACP wins injunction delaying collection of judgment
In Oxford, Mississippi, U.S. District Judge Ormia Smith blocked Port Gibson merchants from collecting 1.2 million dollars and reduced the appeal bond to 100 thousand. The injunction during the appeal shields the NAACP from immediate harm and allows a prolonged fight through state and possibly federal courts.
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Oxford, Miss
NAACP
Port Gibson
Frank Parker
Nathaniel Jones
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Parker
Jones
Ormia Smith
Smith
Mississippi Supreme Court
US Supreme Court
Chancery Court
George Haynes
Mississippi River
Haynes
Mississippi
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