Legal Opinion
Cook v. Luckett
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 9, 1984No. 83-4653PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
Madison County, Mississippi has elected its supervisors from the same five geographic districts since at least 1890. Shifts in population since that time have rendered the old districts seriously uneven in population. The local chapter of the NAACP and several private plaintiffs filed separate actions in 1983 seeking a reapportionment of the supervisor districts. The district court received proposed plans from the county, in which the NAACP joined, and from the private plaintiffs. That court rejected the county’s proposal and ordered that impending elections proceed…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gomillion v. LightfootSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Allen v. State Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- City of Mobile v. BoldenSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- White v. RegesterSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Westwego Citizens for Better Government v. City of WestwegoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- McGhee v. Granville CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1988
- Shaw v. HuntDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1994
- Regionald Seastrunk v. Gerald BurnsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- League of United Latin American Citizens, Council No. 4434 v. ClementsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
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