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CONNOR v. JOHNSON

Civ. A. No. 3830.

330 F.Supp. 506 (1971)

Peggy J. CONNOR et al., Plaintiffs, v. Paul B. JOHNSON et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. Mississippi, Jackson Division.

Supplemental Opinion May 21, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Peach Taylor, Constance Iona Slaughter, John L. Maxey, II, Danny E. Cupit, R. Jess Brown, Geraldine H. Carnes, Community Legal Service, Jackson, Miss., Peter Marcuse, Waterbury, Conn., Kunstler, Kunstler & Kinoy, William M. Kunstler and Arthur Kinoy, New York City, Smith, Waltzer, Jones & Peebles, Benjamin Smith, Bruce C. Waltzer, New Orleans, La., Morton Stavis, Newark, N. J., Carl Rachlin, Melvin L. Wulf, A. C. L. U., New York City, Alvin Bronstein, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs.

A. F. Summer, Atty. Gen., State of Miss., William A. Allain, James Rankin, Edward Noble, Special Asst. Attys. Gen., Martin R. McLendon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants.

Before COLEMAN, Circuit Judge, and COX and RUSSELL, District Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

WILLIAM HAROLD COX, District Judge.

On March 3, 1967, this Court found it inescapably necessary to enter a decree reapportioning the Senate and the House of Representatives of the State of Mississippi in accordance with the one manone vote rule, Connor v. Johnson, 265 F.Supp. 492 (S.D., Miss., 1967). On March 27, 1967, the Supreme Court affirmed, 386 U.S. 483, 87 S...

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