Connor v. Finch

COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.

For the 1979 quadrennial Mississippi legislative elections, our task is to reapportion both Houses of the Mississippi Legislature. 1

I. The Directions of the Supreme Court, May 19, 1976

In an opinion dated May 19, 1976, 2 the Supreme Court held that this task should be performed agreeably to the teachings of Mahan v. Howell, 3 Connor v. Williams, 4 and Chapman v. Meier. 5

While a writ of mandamus did not issue, the opinion further held that we should enter

“a final judgment embodying a permanent plan reapportioning the Mississippi Legislature in accordance with law to be…