Fairley v. Forrest County, Miss.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PICKERING, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on motions by both the plaintiffs and the defendants for partial summary judgment on the issue of whether special elections are required under the one-man, one-vote principle of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and on plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification. Having reviewed the parties’ briefs and authorities cited, having heard oral arguments and being otherwise fully advised in this matter, the Court finds as follows, to-wit;

STANDING

On October 21, 1991, the plaintiffs, Donnie Ray…