Dixon v. Hassler

I concur in the results in the opinion prepared by Judge Brown and in all parts of that opinion with one exception. I would hold that, as a matter of law, we are bound by the 1970 “head count” of the federal census figures and should not consider estimated population shifts that may have occurred since that time. In determining the population of the voting precincts of Shelby County here in question, we should accept the best available population interpolations with respect to the 1970 census, and not changes that are estimated to have taken place since the taking of that census.

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