Legal Opinion
Jordan v. City of Greenwood, Miss.
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided July 25, 1984No. Civ. A. GC77-52-WK-PPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
READY, District Judge.
This action on behalf of black residents of the City of Greenwood, Mississippi, challenging the city’s at-large commission form of government is before the court on remand from the Court of Appeals vacating the prior judgment of the district court entered March 23, 1982, Jordan v. City of Greenwood, 534 F.Supp. 1351. The cause was remanded for further consideration in light of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 as amended in 1982, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (Supp.1984); Jordan v. City of Greenwood, 711 F.2d 667 (5th Cir.1983).
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- City of Mobile v. BoldenSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- White v. RegesterSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Rogers v. LodgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Charles F. Zimmer, Stewart Marshall, Intervenor-Appellant v. John J. McKeithenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- East Carroll Parish School Board v. MarshallSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Mississippi State Chapter, Operation Push, Inc., Cross-Appellees v. Ray Mabus, Governor of Mississippi, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
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- Georgia State Conference of the NAACP v. Fayette County Board of CommissionersDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 2013
- Monroe v. CITY OF WOODVILLE, MISS.District Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1986
- Butts v. City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
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