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HOUSTON v. LAFAYETTE COUNTY

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

20 F.Supp.2d 996 (1998)

Beatrice HOUSTON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. LAFAYETTE COUNTY, Mississippi, et al., Defendants.

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

August 24, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellis Turnage, Cleveland, MS, for Plaintiffs.

Hal S. Spragins, Hickman, Goza & Gore, Oxford, MS, for Defendants.

OPINION

DAVIDSON, District Judge.

The issue the court presently addresses on remand from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is whether the Plaintiffs in this action have successfully proven a violation of § 2 of the Voting Rights Act. For the reasons stated below, the court finds a § 2 violation and shall order the Defendants to develop a remedy to the violation.

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