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STATE OF MISS. v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 78-1425.

490 F.Supp. 569 (1979)

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, and Griffin B. Bell, Attorney General of the United States, Individually and in his official capacity, Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

June 1, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerris Leonard, Washington, D. C., for State of Mississippi, plaintiff.

Jeremy I. Schwartz, Civ. Rights Div., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for United States of America and Griffin B. Bell, Attorney General of the United States, individually and in his official capacity, defendants.

Frank R. Parker, Jackson, Miss., Richard S. Kohn, Washington, D. C., for Aaron E. Henry, Henry J. Kirksey, Mrs. Mary High-tower, Johnnie E. Walls, Jr., Charles Victor McTeer, Fred L. Banks, Jr., David Jordan, James G. Winfield, Bennie G. Thompson and Barney Schoby, defendants-intervenors.

Before WILKEY, Circuit Judge, and PRATT and GREENE, District Judges.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

This action was heard upon plaintiff's request for declaratory relief pursuant to section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973c. It concerns the validity of the Mississippi Legislature's statutory legislative reapportionment plan, Miss. Laws, 1978, Chs. 515 and 535, H.B. 1491 and S.B. 3098, enacted in March, 1978. The hearing took place September 18-27, 1978, at which a record of more than 1500 pages of...

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