Legal Opinion
Clark v. Calhoun County, Miss.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 23, 1994No. 93-07118PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs challenge the redistricting plan for Calhoun County, Mississippi under § 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The district court agreed with defendants that the black population in Calhoun County was not sufficiently geographically compact to form a majority-black district. Because the court’s findings in this, regard are not sufficiently particularized, we vacate and remand for further findings consistent with this opinion.
I
Plaintiffs, James H. Clark and Barbara Brown, are black residents and registered voters in Calhoun County, Mississippi. They challenge…
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