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MAGNOLIA BAR ASS'N, INC. v. LEE

No. 92-7529.

994 F.2d 1143 (1993)

MAGNOLIA BAR ASSOCIATION, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Roy Noble LEE, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 9, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carroll Rhodes, Hazlehurst, MS and Deborah A. McDonald, Natchez, MS, for appellants.

Giles W. Bryant, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, MS, for Roy Noble Lee, et al., Justices of the Mississippi Supreme Court.

Robert E. Sanders, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, MS, for Kirk Fordice, et al., as members of the State Election Comm.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, KING, and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges.

KING, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs in this case filed suit against various officials of the State of Mississippi, alleging that Mississippi's current method of electing supreme court judges violates section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 et seq. The district court rejected the plaintiffs' section 2 claim and dismissed their complaint. The plaintiffs now appeal. For the following reasons, we affirm the decision of the district court.

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