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DOTSON v. CITY OF INDIANOLA

No. GC 80-220-WK-O.

514 F.Supp. 397 (1981)

Nelson DOTSON et al., Plaintiffs, v. The CITY OF INDIANOLA et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Mississippi, Greenville Division.

May 13, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Victor McTeer, Greenville, Miss., for plaintiffs.

W. Dean Belk, Indianola, Miss. and James L. Robertson, Oxford, Miss., for defendants.

Before CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge, KEADY, Chief Judge, and SENTER, District Judge.

OPINION

CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge:

On October 1, 1980, Nelson Dotson and fifteen other black adult citizens, residents, and qualified electors of Sunflower County, Mississippi, brought this action pursuant to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1973 et seq. Section 5 prohibits a state or political subdivision from enacting or seeking to administer any voting...

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