BODDIE v. CITY OF CLEVELAND, MISS.

No. 4:01 CV 88-D-B.

297 F.Supp.2d 901 (2004)

Claud E. BODDIE; and Ajax Morris, Jr. Plaintiffs v. CITY OF CLEVELAND, MISSISSIPPI; Cleveland, Mississippi, Democratic Executive Committee; and Cleveland, Mississippi, Election Commission Defendants

United States District Court, N.D. Mississippi, Greenville Division.

January 21, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellis Turnage, Cleveland, MS, for Claud E. Boddie, Ajax Morris, Jr., plaintiffs.

William S. Adams, Jr., Jacks, Adams & Norquist, P.A., Cleveland, MS, for Cleveland, Mississippi, Cleveland Mississippi Democratic Executive Committee, Cleveland Mississippi Election Commission, defendants.


OPINION

DAVIDSON, Chief Judge.

The Plaintiffs, who are registered voters in Cleveland, Mississippi, filed this voting rights action on April 17, 2001, alleging that the existing redistricting plan used by the City of Cleveland to elect aldermen and executive committee members violates both Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. § 1973), and the one-person/one-vote principle of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution...

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