Legal Opinion
Dotson v. City of Indianola, Miss.
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided September 2, 1981No. GC 80-220-WK-OPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
Before CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge, KEADY, Chief District Judge, and SENTER, District Judge. KEADY, Chief District Judge:
On May 13, 1981, this three-judge court determined that the legal boundary lines of the City of Indianola, Mississippi, were, for the purpose of conducting municipal elections, those in force and effect prior to November 1,1964, until such time as annexations made subsequent to that date were properly precleared in accordance with Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1971 et seq. Dotson v. City of Indianola, 514 F.Supp.…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Allen v. State Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- City of Rome v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Morris v. GressetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- City of Rome v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1978
- John Roy Harper, II v. Edward H. Levi, Attorney General of the United States, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Jordan v. WinterDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1982
- Nelson Dotson, Ruthie Mae Moton, Cross-Appellees v. The City of Indianola, Ms., Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Dotson v. City of IndianolaDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1982
- Dotson v. CITY OF INDIANOLA, MISS.District Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1986
- Nelson Dotson, Ruthie Mae Moton, Cross-Appellees v. The City of Indianola, Ms., Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984