Legal Opinion
Fairley v. HATTIESBURG, MISS.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 29, 2009No. 08-60942PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs, residents of the City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi (the “City”), appeal the denial of their claims under § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (“VBA”). We affirm.
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This concerns the drawing of districts for municipal elections in the City, and the relevant facts of City government, demographics, and political history are easily summarized. The City employs a mayor-council form of government. See Miss. Code Ann. § 21-8-1. The mayor is elected at-large. The City Council has five members, each of whom is elected from one of the City’s five…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Bartlett v. StricklandSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Rodriguez v. Harris CountyDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 2013
- James Rodriguez v. Harris County, Texas, etCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2015
- Perez v. AbbottDistrict Court, W.D. Texas · 2017
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