Legal Opinion
Moore v. Leflore County Board of Election Commissioners
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 10, 1974No. 73-3090PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs, seven black residents of Leflore County, Mississippi, brought this action in 1971, challenging the decision of the county’s Board of Supervisors to hold at-large, rather than district, elections for Board positions. A three-judge court allowed the election to be held on an at-large basis but ordered the Board to develop a redistricting plan *623which would cure the county’s unconstitutional malapportionment.1 The three-judge court then dissolved and remanded the case to a single district judge. Moore v. Leflore County Board of Election Commissioners, 351…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- White v. RegesterSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Charles F. Zimmer, Stewart Marshall, Intervenor-Appellant v. John J. McKeithenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Fortson v. DorseySupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Mars Ketchum v. Jane M. ByrneCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Nevett v. SidesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Gary W. v. State of Louisiana, Etc., Dr. William Cherry, Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Human ResourcesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Ethelyn Gilbert v. W. L. Sterrett, Dallas County Judge, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Zelma C. Wyche v. The Madison Parish Police JuryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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