Legal Opinion
Hancock County Board of Supervisors v. Ruhr
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 31, 2012No. Nos. 11-60446, 11-60676PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARD C. PRADO, Circuit Judge: *
This appeal challenges the dismissal of nine complaints asserting Fourteenth Amendment “one person, one vote” claims against Mississippi officials. Each Mississippi county has a Board of Supervisors and maintains five supervisor districts. Primary elections for Board of Supervisors positions were upcoming in August 2011, and the general elections were upcoming in November 2011. But in early February 2011, the United States Census Bureau released data revealing malapportioned supervisor districts in several counties. Consequently, local branches of the National…
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