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HOUSTON v. HALEY

No. 87-4469.

859 F.2d 341 (1988)

Beatrice HOUSTON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Pat W. HALEY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 1, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin O. Chambliss, Jr., Oxford, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

F. Edwin Perry, Oxford, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before BROWN, GEE and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

Beatrice Houston and associated plaintiffs appeal a district court judgment approving an electoral plan instituted by the city of Oxford, Mississippi, under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Following the 1980 federal census, Oxford introduced a new plan to elect members of its board of aldermen, the governing board of the city. The plan called for election of four aldermen in single-member wards...

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