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DAMON v. LAUDERDALE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Civ. A. No. 1197.

254 F.Supp. 918 (1966)

Henry Eugene DAMON et al., Plaintiffs, v. LAUDERDALE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS et al., Defendants.

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

March 30, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. B. Deen, Floyd, Cameron, Deen & Prichard, Lawrence W. Rabb, Meridian, Miss., Upton Sisson, Gulfport, Miss., for plaintiffs.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., of Mississippi, Will S. Wells, Asst. Atty. Gen., Gipson & Gipson, Meridian, Miss., for defendants.

Before COLEMAN, Circuit Judge, and RUSSELL and COX, District Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This suit was instituted to compel the realignment of the beats in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, to conform with the one man one vote rule of the United States Supreme Court. There was a great need for such redistricting which was ultimately accomplished solely as a result of this action. Initially, this suit was instituted to enjoin elections in the county until it was redistricted, and later it was amended to include the Board of Supervisors and request...

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