Legal Opinion
Magnolia Bar Ass'n, Inc. v. Lee
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided July 15, 1992No. Civ. A. J90-0413(B)PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1391 I. Preliminary Facts and Legal Background.
1391 A. Procedural History.
1391 B. Factual Background.
1391 1. The Supreme Court of the State of Mississippi.
1391 a. Nature, Functions and Duties.
1392 b. Supreme Court Elections.
1393 c. Population Within the Three Supreme Court Districts
1393 d. Black Supreme Court Justices.
1393 C. Legal Background..
1393 1. Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 .
1394 2. Application of Section 2 to Judicial Elections.
1395 3. Standard for Proving a Section 2 Violation.
a. Thornburg Tripartite Test. 1396(1) Sufficiently Large and Geographically…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- South Carolina v. KatzenbachSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- City of Mobile v. BoldenSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- White v. RegesterSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Chisom v. RoemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Clark v. Calhoun County, Miss.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- Magnolia Bar Association, Inc. v. Roy Noble LeeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- Shirt v. HazeltineDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 2004
- Denish v. JohnsonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1996
- Johnson v. MorthamDistrict Court, N.D. Florida · 1996
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