Alexander v. Davis

Tom Glaze, Justice.

This is another appeal arising out of a Phillips County election, this time involving the election of a justice of the peace and three Democratic Committee positions elected from Justice of the Peace District 9. This particular district was created as a result of a federal district court proceeding in Varner v. Clatworthy, U.S.C.C. Case No. H-C-92-19 (E.D. Ark. 1994). In Varner, the federal district court entered a consent decree as a result of a class action lawsuit that had been brought by African-American electors in Phillips County, challenging the electoral districts…