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WYCHE v. MADISON PARISH POLICE JURY

No. 84-4739.

769 F.2d 265 (1985)

Zelma WYCHE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MADISON PARISH POLICE JURY and Madison Parish School Board, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 23, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James David Caldwell, Tallulah, La., Kenneth E. Selle, Special Master, Ruston, La., William Guste, Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., for defendants-appellants.

Raymond Lee Cannon, Tallulah, La., for plaintiffs-appellees.

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

PER CURIAM:

Defendants challenge the district court's adoption of a voter apportionment plan for the Madison Parish Police Jury and School Board. We affirm.

I.

The constitutional apportionment of voters in Madison Parish has been in litigation since 1968. In February 1981 this court let stand an apportionment plan imposed by the district court without definitively ruling on the plan's validity. Wyche v. Madison Parish Police Jury, ...

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