Legal Opinion
Smith v. Clark
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided January 15, 2002No. CIV.A. 3:01-CV-855WSPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge.
This matter is before us on the plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction, as amended. In a previous order, we deferred ruling on that motion until January 7, 2002, in order to give the State authorities an opportunity to timely carry out their duty to reapportion Mississippi’s congressional districts. We recognize that the primary responsibility for reapportionment lies with the State and that if the State can timely reapportion itself in a constitutionally acceptable manner, federal courts have no duties to draw congressional districts. Because, for…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Growe v. EmisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- White v. WeiserSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Abrams v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Scott v. GermanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by13 opinions
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