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PENDLETON v. HEARD

Civ. A. No. J86-0486(B).

642 F.Supp. 940 (1986)

Jessie PENDLETON, Bill Amos, Citizens for Better Government, and Crystal Springs Branch of N.A.A.C.P., Individually, and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Tommy HEARD, Tony Smith, Sidney Thompson, Manuel Welch, and Ted Berry, Members of the Copiah County Board of Supervisors, Individually and in Their Official Capacities; and the Copiah County, Ms. Board of Supervisors. (Danny Cupit, State Bond Attorney and Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Attorney General, per Amended Complaint).

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

August 27, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carroll Rhodes, James D. Shannon, Hazlehurst, Miss., for plaintiffs.

James W. Henley, Hazlehurst, Miss., Stephen Kirchmayr, Jr., Office of Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BARBOUR, District Judge.

This cause came before the Court on Defendants' Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction. The basis of this Motion is whether the Tax Injunction Act of 1937, 28 U.S.C. § 1341 (1976), bars federal jurisdiction of a voting rights suit which challenged the validity and enforcement of a state bond statute. Although the Plaintiffs brought suit under Section...

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