As of 12/22/2015

Series 1780: Case Support Files. 1927-1987.
Attorney General (RG 48)

      Files with reports, research, and documentation in support of the legal procedures and statutes relative to certain cases. The wide variety of materials contained in these files include forms and reports submitted by litigants, company and corporation records, memorandum trial briefs, research, and legal guidelines.
      The files pertaining to the significant and prolonged case Edwards v. Thigpen [Civil Action No. J83-0566 (B)] are files of defendants in past court cases used in a survey determining the racial composition of juries. These files are arranged alphabetically by surname of defendant.

1927-1928: AG for Tax Commission v. Private Car Companies 7464
1928-1929: Writs of Mandamus, Adams - Lawrence Counties 7472
1928-1929: Writs of Mandamus, Leake - Yazoo Counties 7471
1950s(?): Memorandum trial briefs,annotated (southern cos.) 7699
1987: Edwards v. Thigpen/Jury Racial Composition, A - E 7683
1987: Edwards v. Thigpen/Jury Racial Composition, F - K 7684
1987: Edwards v. Thigpen/Jury Racial Composition, L - Si 7685
1987: Edwards v. Thigpen/Jury Racial Composition, Sl - White 7686
1987: Edwards v. Thigpen/Jury Racial Composition, Whitl - Z 7687