Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Attorney General
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided September 9, 2015No. Cause No. 3:15-CV-620-JEG-DPJ-CWR-FKBPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDÉR
2Per curiam
Before the Court is the plaintiffs’ Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction. Docket - No. 3. After considering the briefing and argument of counsel, we conclude that the motion must be denied as to the claim under , § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
*432I. Factual and Procedural History
Rickey Thompson became a Justice Court Judge in Lee County, Mississippi, in January 2004. He was- the first elected African-American Justice Court Judge in Lee County
In May 2015, the Mississippi Supreme Court determined that Thompson had repeatedly engaged in…
3Cases cited25 opinions
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- The Canal Authority of the State of Florida v. Howard H. Callaway, Secretary of the United States Army, the Cross-Florida Canal Association v. Howard H. Callaway, Secretary of the United States Army, Eleanor H. Miller v. Avery S. Fullerton, Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Corps of Engineers of the United States Army, J. G. Perko v. The Canal Authority of the State of Florida, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Shelby County v. HolderSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
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