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CONNER v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF OKTIBBEHA CTY., MISS.

No. EC 71-96-S.

334 F.Supp. 280 (1971)

D. L. CONNER et al., Plaintiffs, v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF OKTIBBEHA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Mississippi, E. D.

November 10, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McLemore & Ward, Greenville, Miss., Philip J. Harter, of Shea & Gardner, Washington, D. C., George P. Taylor, Jackson, Miss., H. M. Ray, U. S. Atty., Oxford, Miss., David L. Norman and Jeremy I. Schwartz, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

P. L. Douglas, Starkville, Miss., for defendants.

Before COLEMAN, Circuit Judge, and KEADY and SMITH, District Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Plaintiffs are black, voters and taxpayers of Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. Plaintiffs filed this action on June 1, 1971, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against defendants, the Board of Supervisors and Election Commission of said county.

The complaint alleges, inter alia, that prior to the end of the year 1966 the five supervisor districts of the county contained population characteristics, based on the 1960 census figures, as follows...

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