ARMSTRONG v. ALLAIN

Civ. A. Nos. J86-0817(L), J91-0687(L).

893 F.Supp. 1320 (1994)

Louis ARMSTRONG, et al., Plaintiffs, v. William A. ALLAIN, et al., Defendants. Jimmie C. ROBINSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Doug STEWART, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, Jackson Division.

March 4, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellis Turnage, Cleveland, MS; J. Brad Pigott, U.S. Attorney's Office, Jackson, MS, for plaintiffs.

Robert E. Sanders, T. Hunt Cole, Jr., Mississippi Atty. General's Office, Jackson, MS; W. David Watkins, Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, Jackson, MS, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

TOM S. LEE, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, adult black registered voters in Mississippi, filed this action for declaratory and injunctive relief pursuant to Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973, and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, contending that Mississippi Code Ann. § 37-59-17, which requires that school bond referenda be passed by a 60% majority...

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