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MONROE v. CITY OF WOODVILLE, MISS.

Civ. A. No. W85-0088(B).

688 F.Supp. 255 (1988)

John MONROE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF WOODVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, W.D.

June 15, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willie L. Rose and Deborah McDonald, Southwest MS Legal Services, McComb, Miss., for plaintiffs.

Richard T. Watson, Woodville, Miss., Dennis L. Horn, Jackson, Miss., for defendant.

OPINION

BARBOUR, District Judge.

Introduction

This unusual vote dilution case is brought under Section 2 et seq. of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 et seq., the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983 and 1985. The Plaintiffs are black registered voters of the City of Woodville, Mississippi. Plaintiffs allege that the city's at...

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