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THOMAS v. BRYANT

No. 19-60133.

931 F.3d 455 (2019)

Joseph THOMAS; Vernon Ayers; Melvin Lawson, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Phil BRYANT, Governor of the State of Mississippi, all in the official apacities of their own offices and in their official capacities as members of the State Board of Election Commissioners; Delbert Hosemann, Secretary of State of the State of Mississippi, all in the official capacities of their own offices and in their official capacities as members of the State Board of Election Commissioners, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED August 1, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Bruce McDuff, Esq. , Jackson, MS, Arusha Gordon , Jon Marshall Greenbaum, Esq. , Director, Ezra D. Rosenberg, Esq. , Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC, Beth Levine Orlansky , Mississippi Center for Justice, Jackson, MS, Caitlyn E. Silhan , Waters & Kraus, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Ellis Turnage , Turnage Law Office, Cleveland, MS, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Michael Brunson Wallace, Esq. , Charles Edward Cowan , Wise Carter Child & Caraway, P.A., Jackson, MS, Brian Parker Berry , Tommie S. Cardin , Butler Snow, L.L.P., Ridgeland, MS, for Defendants-Appellants.

Joseph Henry Ros, Esq. , Currie, Johnson & Myers, P.A., Biloxi, MS, for Amicus Curiae JUDICIAL WATCH, INCORPORATED.

Before DAVIS, HIGGINSON, and WILLETT, Circuit Judges.

In this case, a majority of the merits panel affirms the district court's judgment declaring that the redistricting plan, adopted by the Mississippi Legislature in 2012, violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in that the boundary lines of Senate District 22 dilute African-American voting strength.

After the appeal was filed, the...

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