United States Et Al. v. Mississippi; And Henry Et Al. v. Mississippi

444 U.S. 1050

100 S.Ct. 994

62 L.Ed.2d 739

UNITED STATES et al.

v.

State of MISSISSIPPI. Aaron E. HENRY et al. v. State of MISSISSIPPI

No. 79-504

No.79-528

Supreme Court of the United States

February 19, 1980

The judgment is affirmed.

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In 1965, a three-judge District Court was convened in Mississippi to deal with allegations of malapportionment in Mississippi's State Legislature. By 1975, an acceptable reapportionment plan still had not been formulated; nevertheless, quadrennial elections were held under a court-ordered plan.1 In 1978, the Mississippi Legislature enacted a statutory reapportionment…