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COOK v. LUCKETT

Civ. A. Nos. J83-0381(B), J83-0391, J83-0564(B), J83-0560(B), W83-0095(B) and J83-0519(B).

575 F.Supp. 479 (1983)

Billy N. COOK, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Pat H. LUCKETT, Jr., et al., Defendants. CANTON BRANCH, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Don LANE, et al., Defendants. Monzell STOWERS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. SCOTT COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, et al., Defendants. Jessie BUIE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The LINCOLN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, et al., Defendants. Barney SCHOBY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The ADAMS COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, et al., Defendants. Jessie PENDLETON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Warren E. HOOD, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, Jackson Division.

October 12, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Christopher, Stanley F. Stater, III, Christopher & Stater, Edward Blackmon, Jr., Canton, Miss., Carroll Rhodes, Hazlehurst, Miss., Alison Steiner, Elliott Andalman, Hattiesburg, Miss., Jere Krakoff, William L. Robinson, Frank R. Parker, Patricia M. Hanrahan, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Tom Lee, Hattiesburg, Miss., Hubbard T. Saunders, IV, Jackson, Miss., Joe R. Fancher, Jr., G. Milton Case, Canton, Miss., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BARBOUR, District Judge.

In the months prior to the primary elections held on August 2, 1983, five suits were filed complaining of malapportionment in the existing districting schemes in force in the five counties which were involved. In each of the five cases the Motions for Preliminary Injunction were held as quickly as possible and after due consideration and findings by the Court as set forth herein, the Court granted the Motions for...

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