Sam Ulysses Turner v. John J. McKeithen Ouachita Parish Police Jury
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
John R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
We have held this 1971 Ouachita Parish Police Jury reapportionment case in abeyance pending the Supreme Court’s decision in White v. Regester, 1973, 412 U.S. 755, 93 S.Ct. 2332, 37 L.Ed.2d 314, affirming in part, reversing in part, Graves v. Barnes, W.D.Tex., 1972, 343 F.Supp. 704 (three-judge court) and our own en banc decision in Zimmer v. McKeithen, 5 Cir., 1973, 485 F.2d 1297, reversing 5 Cir., 1972, 467 F.2d 1381. On the basis of the highly beneficial guidance provided by these cases, we affirm the District Court’s determination that the Police Jury’s proposed…
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