David Jordan v. City of Greenwood, Mississippi

CLARK,

Chief Judge:

David Jordan filed suit on behalf of all black residents of Greenwood, Mississippi, challenging that city’s at-large commission form of government under the thirteenth and fourteenth amendments and section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973. The district court found that City of Mobile v. Bolden, 446 U.S. 55, 100 S.Ct. 1490, 64 L.Ed.2d 47 (1980), required the plaintiffs to demonstrate that Greenwood’s at-large scheme was established or maintained for a discriminatory purpose, 534 F.Supp. 1351, 1364 (N.D.Miss.1982). The court concluded that the plaintiffs had failed…