Hollis WATKINS, et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
Ray MABUS, Governor of the State of Mississippi, Mike Moore, Attorney General of the State of Mississippi, and Dick Molpus, Secretary of State of the State of Mississippi, Members of the State Board of Election Commissioners, Mississippi Democratic Party Executive Committee, and Mississippi Republican Party Executive Committee, Defendants,
The Standing Joint Legislative Committee on Reapportionment of the Mississippi Legislature; Tim Ford, In His Official Capacity as Speaker of the House of Representatives; Glenn S. Deweese, In His Official Capacity as President Pro Tempore of the Mississippi Senate; and the Standing Committee of Apportionment and Elections of the Mississippi House of Representatives, Intervenor Defendants.
United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, Jackson Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
August 9, 1991.
Affirmed in Part and Vacated in Part November 12, 1991.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Carroll Rhodes, Hazlehurst, Miss., John L. Walker, Tomie Green, Jackson, Miss., Wilbur O. Colom, Columbus, Miss., Deborah McDonald, Fayette, Miss., for plaintiffs.
John R. Dunne, Gerald W. Jones, Attys., Voting Section, Civ. Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae U.S.
Jim Warren, Waycaster & Warren, Jackson, Miss., for Miss. Democratic Party Executive Committee.
Michael B. Wallace, Phelps Dunbar, Jackson, Miss., for Miss. Republican Party Executive Committee.
John Reeves, Jackson, Miss., for House Standing Committee.
Daniel E. Lynn, Asst. U.S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., amicus curiae.
Stephen J. Kirchmayr, Giles W. Bryant, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for Governor and State of Miss.
Bill Allain, Hubbard T. Saunders, IV, Champ Terney, Jackson, Miss., for intervenors.
William Harold Jones, Petal, Miss., for Standing Committee Miss. House of Representatives and Frances Savage.
J. Dewayne Thomas, Jackson, Miss., Oliver G. Diaz, Jr., Biloxi, Miss., Thomas Upton Reynolds, II, Charleston, Miss., Standing Committee Representatives.
Before BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge, LEE and PICKERING, District Judges.
United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, Jackson Division.
Affirmed in Part and Vacated in Part November 12, 1991. See 112 S.Ct. 412.
PER CURIAM:
As noted in this court's orders of August 2 and 8, 1991, this opinion provides the bases for those orders. The August 2 order concerns the 1991 elections for the Mississippi Legislature being held on schedule. The August 8 order denies plaintiffs' motions to stay the August 2 order and enjoin the elections, pending appeal of...
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