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KIRKSEY v. BD. OF SUP'RS OF HINDS CTY., MISS.

Civ. A. No. 4939(N).

468 F.Supp. 285 (1979)

Henry J. KIRKSEY, George W. Daniel, Bennie G. Thompson, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, Election Commission of Hinds County, Mississippi, and Democratic Executive Committee of Hinds County, Mississippi, Defendants.

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

March 22, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank R. Parker, Barbara Y. Phillips, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs.

W. F. Goodman, Jr., Velia Ann Mayer, Jackson, Miss., Russel D. Moore, III, Jackson, Miss., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

NIXON, District Judge.

The present duty of this Court is to write the latest chapter in the decade long struggle to devise constitutional districts in Hinds County, Mississippi for the election of members of the Board of Supervisors, the county governing body. This task is one in which we have invested an immense amount of conscientious effort to reach a constitutional and equitable solution to this difficult problem, but so far to no...

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