Legal Opinion
Kirksey v. Board of Supervisors of Hinds County
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided April 25, 1975No. Civ. A. 4939(N)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
NIXON, District Judge.
FINDINGS OF FACT(1) This action was filed on July 27, 1971, for declaratory and injunctive relief against the Hinds County Board of Supervisors, the Hinds County Election Commission, and the Hinds County Democratic Executive Committee, the named plaintiffs seeking to represent a class of persons composed of “all black citizens in Hinds County, Mississippi, who are registered voters qualified to vote for candidates for the post of county supervisor, justice of the peace, constable and other county officers elected from districts in Hinds County,…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- White v. RegesterSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Whitcomb v. ChavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Burns v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Charles F. Zimmer, Stewart Marshall, Intervenor-Appellant v. John J. McKeithenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Connor v. FinchSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Mars Ketchum v. Jane M. ByrneCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Henry J. Kirksey, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Board of Supervisors of Hinds County, Mississippi, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Cottier v. City of MartinCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2010
- Kirksey v. City of Jackson, Miss.District Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1978
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