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FAIRLEY v. HATTIESBURG, MISS.

No. 08-60942.

584 F.3d 660 (2009)

Reverend Kenneth E. FAIRLEY, Sr.; Lajuana Richardson; Reverend Kimble Allen; Reverend Carlos Wilson; Fred Burns; Willie Foster; Reverend Robert Tate; Frankie Benton, Jr.; Clarence Magee; Reverend Ray Allen Bolton, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI; Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Democratic Executive Committee; Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Republican Executive Committee; Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Election Commission, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 29, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellis F. Turnage (argued), Turnage Law Office, Cleveland, MS, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jerry L. Mills (argued) and John Preston Scanlon (argued), Pyle, Mills, Dye & Pittman, Ridgeland, MS, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before REAVLEY, SMITH and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs, residents of the City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi (the "City"), appeal the denial of their claims under § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ("VRA"). We affirm.

I.

A.

This concerns the drawing of districts for municipal elections in the City, and the relevant facts of City government, demographics, and political history are easily summarized....

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