Legal Opinion
Jordan v. City of Greenwood
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided March 23, 1982No. GC 77-51-WK-PPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
READY, Chief Judge.
In this action, David Jordan, James Moore, Robert Sims, and Sammie Lee Chestnut, representing classes of all black citizens and black registered voters of the City of Greenwood, sue the City, its mayor, city commissioners, and the City Municipal Election Commission and its members, 1 alleging racial discrimination in the adoption and maintenance of at-large city elections for Greenwood’s mayor and commissioners under the commission form of government as allegedly violative of the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments to the United States…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Smith v. AllwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- City of Mobile v. BoldenSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Reitman v. MulkeySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Terry v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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3Cited by4 opinions
- David Jordan v. City of Greenwood, MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Jordan v. City of Greenwood, Miss.District Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1984
- Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance v. OsborneMississippi Supreme Court · 2009
- MISS. COM'N ON JUD. PERF. v. OsborneMississippi Supreme Court · 2009