Henry J. Kirksey, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Board of Supervisors of Hinds County, Mississippi, Defendants

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

This case concerns the establishment by a court-ordered plan of voting districts for the election of county officers elected by single-member districts in Hinds County, Mississippi.1 Hinds County is the situs of Jackson, the state capital.

In 1975 the district court approved and adopted a redistricting plan proposed by the county Board of Supervisors.2 Plaintiffs appealed, and this court affirmed.3 We granted the petition of plaintiffs for rehearing en banc and' heard oral arguments. The court en banc reverses the panel decision, reverses the district court, and remands…