Legal Opinion
Magnolia Bar Association, Inc. v. Roy Noble Lee
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 9, 1993No. 92-7529PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs in this case filed suit against various officials of the State of Mississippi, alleging that Mississippi’s current method of electing supreme court judges violates section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 et seq. The district court rejected the plaintiffs’ section 2 claim and dismissed their complaint. The plaintiffs now appeal. For the following reasons, we affirm the decision of the district court.
I. BACKGROUND
The Mississippi Supreme Court is the state’s court of last resort in both criminal and civil matters. It currently consists of…
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