Legal Opinion
Kirksey v. City of Jackson, Miss.
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided January 21, 1981No. Civ. A. J77-0075(N)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POST-REMAND SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM OPINION
WALTER L. NIXON, Jr., District Judge.
I
INTRODUCTION—BACKGROUND
This class action was filed by Henry J. Kirksey and sixteen other black citizens and registered voters of Jackson, Mississippi 1 on March 10, 1977 after the defeat of a citywide referendum held on February 22, 1977 on the issue of changing Jackson’s city government from the present three-member commission form, consisting of the may- or and two commissioners, all elected at large in citywide voting to four-year terms of office, to a mayor-council form, under which the council members would…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Willoughby v. KENNETH W. WILKINS, MD, PACourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1983
- Henry J. Kirksey v. City of Jackson, MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Henry J. Kirksey v. City of Jackson, MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Kirksey v. DanksDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1985
- Jordan v. City of GreenwoodDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1982
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