A civil lawsuit filed over two 1964 murders can proceed after the presiding U.S. District Court Judge cited a 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision which stated the statute of limitations “does not run until the plaintiff is in possession of the ‘crucial facts’ that he has been hurt and the defendant is involved.” According to the lawsuit, information was uncovered in 2007 that the county sheriff and deputy conspired with the Ku Klux Klan in order to commit and hide the murders. The judge ruled that, if the claim was correct, the suit should be allowed to move forward based on the new information.