TAYLOR v. MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

No. 27713.

421 F.2d 1038 (1970)

McWhirter TAYLOR et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 14, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Booth, Aberdeen, Miss., for appellants.

Fred B. Smith, Ripley, Miss., Jack Norris Thomas, Amory, Miss., for appellees.

Before TUTTLE, WISDOM and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

This appeal seeks an order of this court requiring the holding of a special election under newly created county supervisor districts to oust the present five supervisors and supplant them by those to be chosen under a one-man one-vote redistricting order by the trial court entered in April 1969. The terms of the members chosen under the old mal-apportioned districts, now outlawed, commenced in January, 1968, and expire in January, 1972 —...

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