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TUCKER v. BURFORD

No. DC84-188-NB-O

603 F.Supp. 276 (1985)

Melvin TUCKER, James Little and Irma Starks, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Cecil BURFORD, H.S. Handreker, Frank McCurty, Jr., Preson Tidwell, Preston Phillips, Members of the Panola County Election Commission; Horace Mathews, Bill Knox, Mack Benson, Johnny Cooper, David Ross Craig, Members of the Panola County Board of Supervisors; Leonard Morris, Alton Milan, O.T. Marshall, James Hal Moore, Bryant Woodruff, Members of the Panola County School Board, Defendants.

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

February 15, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard McClellan, Oxford, Miss., Minnie Howard, Batesville, Miss., for plaintiffs.

Hubbard T. Saunders, IV, Jackson, Miss., William H. McKenzie, III, Ben Barrett Smith, Batesville, Miss., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BIGGERS, District Judge.

This cause came before the court on the plaintiffs' request to shorten the terms of various elected officials in Panola County, Mississippi and to order a special election to fill the balance of such terms. The plaintiffs' cause of action arose because of unequal population among the five voting districts which comprise Panola County, Mississippi. According to the current...

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