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JORDAN v. CITY OF GREENWOOD, MISS.

No. 82-4150.

711 F.2d 667 (1983)

David JORDAN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 8, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willie J. Perkins, Sr., Solomon C. Osborne, North MS. Rural Legal Services, Greenwood, Miss., Leonard McClellan, Oxford, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Patricia M. Hanrahan, Washington, D.C., amicus curiae, Lawyers' Comm. for C.R. Under Law.

Jessica Dunsay Silver, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for U.S., amicus curiae.

Billy B. Bowman, Greenwood, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, THORNBERRY and RANDALL, Circuit Judges.

CLARK, Chief Judge:

David Jordan filed suit on behalf of all black residents of Greenwood, Mississippi, challenging that city's at-large commission form of government under the thirteenth and fourteenth amendments and section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973. The district court found that City of Mobile v. Bolden, 446 U.S. 55, 100 S.Ct. 1490, 64 L.Ed.2d 47 (1980), required the plaintiffs to demonstrate that Greenwood...

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