Legal Opinion
Dotson v. City of Indianola
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided November 24, 1982No. GC 80-220-WK-OPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
READY, District Judge.
Since the Supreme Court’s June 1, 1982, affirmance -U.S. -, 102 S.Ct. 2287, 73 L.Ed.2d 1296 of the three-judge orders in this cause entered May 13 and September 2, 1981, 514 F.Supp. 397 and 521 F.Supp. 934, sustaining the claims of the plaintiff black citizens of Indianola against defendants, City of Indianola and its officials, based upon § 5 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973c, this court has been besieged with a plethora of motions and cross-motions by both sides relating to the status of the black populated areas contiguous to the present…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Gomillion v. LightfootSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- White v. RegesterSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Whitcomb v. ChavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Gaffney v. CummingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburgh, Inc. v. CareySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by4 opinions
- In Re City of RidgelandMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
- Nelson Dotson, Ruthie Mae Moton, Cross-Appellees v. The City of Indianola, Ms., Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Dotson v. CITY OF INDIANOLA, MISS.District Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1986
- Nelson Dotson, Ruthie Mae Moton, Cross-Appellees v. The City of Indianola, Ms., Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984