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Simon v. Lafayette Parish Police Jury

District Court, W.D. Louisiana

Decided January 14, 1964No. Civ. A. 9100PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PUTNAM, District Judge.

By this suit plaintiff seeks to bring about a redistrieting of the wards contained within the geographical boundaries of the parish of Lafayette, Louisiana, to correct what is alleged to be an invidious discrimination against the electors residing within the Third Ward, wherein complainant resides, because of grossly unequal voting power resulting from population changes within the parish which have occurred during the past twenty years. Members of the Police Jury, which is the parish governing au thority, are elected from these wards. Plaintiff contends that Ward…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. Saint v. AllenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1930
  3. Tedesco v. Board of Sup'rs of ElectionsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1949
  4. State Ex Rel. Porterie v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1935
  5. Meyer v. Parish of PlaqueminesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1942

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Delozier v. Tyrone Area School BoardDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1965
  2. Hyden v. BakerDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1968
  3. Moody v. FlowersDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1966
  4. J. Minos Simon v. Warren J. LandryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
  5. Hyden v. BakerDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1968

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