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HOUSTON v. LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISS.

Civ. A. No. 3:91CV108-D-D.

841 F.Supp. 751 (1993)

Beatrice HOUSTON, Annie Ruth Manning, and Mary Ann Williams, Plaintiffs, v. LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, Lafayette County Democratic Executive Committee (by and through its Chairman, Ron Lewis), Ronald W. Lewis, Chairman for Lafayette County Democratic Executive Committee, Lafayette County Republican Executive Committee (by and through its Chairwoman Kay Cobb), Kay Cobb, Chairwoman for Lafayette County Republican Executive Committee, Lafayette County Election Commission (by and through its Chairwoman Sherry Tatum, and Sherry Tatum, Chairwoman for Lafayette County Election Commission), Defendants.

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

November 3, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellis Turnage, Cleveland, MS, for plaintiffs.

David O'Donnell, Hickman, Goza and Gore, Oxford, MS, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

DAVIDSON, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

The political landscape of Lafayette County, Mississippi is the focus of this lawsuit premised primarily on an alleged § 2 violation of the monumental Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1973, et seq. Today's result stems from an exhaustive analysis of election results, electoral demography and composition, voting patterns, concentrations, habits, practices...

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