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SHEFFIELD v. ITAWAMBA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

No. 30452.

439 F.2d 35 (1971)

Joe SHEFFIELD et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ITAWAMBA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 19, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Victor Bishop, Fulton, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Euple Dozier, Fulton, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

John N. Mitchell, Atty. Gen., Jerris Leonard, Asst. Atty. Gen., David L. Norman, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Richard W. Bourne, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the United States as amicus curiae.

A. F. Summer, Atty. Gen., William A. Allain, James E. Rankin, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for the State of Mississippi as amicus curiae.

Before GODBOLD, CLARK and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The plaintiffs below, citizens of Itawamba County, Mississippi, appeal from an order of the district court denying their motion to dismiss this class action litigation and enjoining the present members of the Board of Supervisors to divide Itawamba County into five districts with practically equal population. For the reasons hereinafter stated, we affirm and remand.

In a memorandum opinion appended hereto...

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