1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.Supp.
  4. 567 F.Supp.
  5. 567 F.Supp. 433 (1983)
 

LUCAS v. BOLIVAR COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

Civ. A. No. DC 83-136-WK-O.

567 F.Supp. 433 (1983)

Earl LUCAS, Ira M. Gray, Ora Martin Butler, Arthur Holmes, Jr., on Behalf of Themselves and all Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. BOLIVAR COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, the Bolivar County Board of Supervisors, J.E. Bobo, Raymond S. Barr, Kermit Stanton, Tommy Narron and Victor Baioni, Supervisors, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Mississippi, Delta Division.

July 21, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Victor McTeer, Greenville, Miss., Thomas Morris, Cleveland, Miss., Johnnie E. Walls, Jr., Greenville, Miss., for plaintiffs.

Benjamin E. Griffith, Cleveland, Miss., for defendants.

Paul F. Hancock, Ellen M. Weber, Thomas G. Snow, Voting Section, Civ. Rights Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae.

Before CLARK, Chief Circuit Judge, and SENTER and KEADY, District Judges.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KEADY, District Judge.

In this civil rights action, plaintiffs, Earl Lucas, Ira M. Gray, Ora Martin Butler, and Arthur Holmes, Jr., on behalf of themselves and a class of black residents, citizens and electors of Bolivar County, Mississippi, sue defendants, Bolivar County, the County Board of Supervisors, and its members, for declaratory and injunctive relief under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973, et seq.; 42...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases