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KIRKSEY v. CITY OF JACKSON, MISS.

Civ. A. No. J77-0075(N).

506 F.Supp. 491 (1981)

Henry J. KIRKSEY et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI et al., Defendants.

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

January 21, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank R. Parker, Michael A. Middleton, Thomas J. Ginger, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs.

Joseph P. Wise, Thomas G. Lilly, John E. Stone, City Atty., Jackson, Miss., for defendants.

POST-REMAND SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM OPINION

WALTER L. NIXON, Jr., District Judge.

I.

INTRODUCTION — BACKGROUND

This class action was filed by Henry J. Kirksey and sixteen other black citizens and registered voters of Jackson, Mississippi1 on March 10, 1977 after the defeat of a city-wide referendum held on February 22, 1977 on the issue of changing Jackson's city government from the present three-member...

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