Legal Opinion
Clinton Jackson v. Desoto Parish School Board
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 4, 1978No. 76-3257PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
This is a case of re-reapportionment; it raises the issue whether the trial court properly ordered a new apportionment of a public body that had been reapportioned five years earlier in accordance with its own prior order. Because the procedure followed was improper, we remand for a hearing and reconsideration.
Plaintiffs, a class composed of black citizens of DeSoto Parish, first challenged the constitutionality of the apportionment scheme for the election of both the DeSoto Parish Police Jury (the county governing body) and School Board in 1971. After a full…
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