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HOWARD v. ADAMS COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

No. 71-2361 Summary Calendar.

453 F.2d 455 (1972)

Reverend Leon HOWARD and Barney Schoby, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross Appellees, v. ADAMS COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS et al., Defendants-Appellees Cross Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 25, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank R. Parker, George Peach Taylor, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Lucien C. Gwin, Jr., Lucien C. Gwin, Natchez, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before GEWIN, GOLDBERG and DYER, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 25, 1972.

DYER, Circuit Judge:

Howard and Schoby, black citizens of Adams County, Mississippi, filed a class action attacking a county-wide redistricting plan adopted by and for the election of the Adams County Board of Supervisors. The focus of this appeal is the district court's denial of relief of plaintiffs' claim that the new plan is constitutionally impermissible as a racially motivated gerrymander, operating...

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