SCHAEFFER v. SHARP

Civ. A. No. 4704.

328 F.Supp. 762 (1971)

C. E. SCHAEFFER et al. for themselves and others similarly situated in the State of Mississippi, Plaintiffs, v. Joe SHARP et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. Mississippi, Jackson Division.

July 2, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Leon Young, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs.

Martin R. McLendon, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants.

Before CLARK, Circuit Judge, and COX and NIXON, District Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The plaintiffs institute and seek to maintain this class action for themselves and (in effect) for the ultimate use and benefit of the larger and wealthier of the eighty-two counties in the state of Mississippi who are allegedly discriminated against by three statutes of the state of Mississippi which provide for the allocation and distribution among the counties of excise tax funds collected by and belonging to the state of Mississippi. These tax funds...

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