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CORDER v. KIRKSEY

No. 76-3601.

585 F.2d 708 (1978)

James H. CORDER and Harry W. Western, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Robert H. KIRKSEY, Individually and as Probate Judge of Pickens County et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 16, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Still, Birmingham, Ala., Laughlin McDonald, Neil Bradley, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

W. O. Kirk, Jr., Carrollton, Ala., Martin Ray, Tuscaloosa, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Before TJOFLAT, HILL and FAY, Circuit Judges.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

Black residents of Pickens County, Alabama, brought this action to challenge the electoral schemes for the county commission, board of education, and Democratic Executive Committee. The plaintiffs contested the districting of all three bodies on the basis that the districts did not satisfy the "one person, one vote" mandate of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution. See generally Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533

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