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KIRKSEY v. BOARD OF SUP'RS OF HINDS COUNTY

No. 75-2212.

528 F.2d 536 (1976)

Henry J. KIRKSEY et al., Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Granted May 12, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank R. Parker, Herman Wilson, Lawyers' Comm. for Civil Rights Under Law, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jessica Dunsay Silver, Atty., Appellate Section, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Appellate Division, Washington, D. C., amicus curiae.

Thomas H. Watkins, John M. Putnam, William Allain, Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before BELL, COLEMAN and GEE, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing En Banc Granted May 12, 1976.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs appeal from the decree of the district court adopting and promulgating a redistricting plan for the election of county supervisors and others1 in Hinds County, Mississippi, a central-Mississippi county and the seat of the state capital. They properly represent a class: all black registered voters of Hinds County qualified to vote for county officers elected...

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