Connor v. Finch

469 F. Supp. 693
CourtDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi
DecidedApril 13, 1979
DocketCiv. A. No. 3830(A)
StatusPublished
Cited by5 cases

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Connor v. Finch, 469 F. Supp. 693 (S.D. Miss. 1979).

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469 F.Supp. 693 (1979)

Peggy J. CONNOR et al., Plaintiffs,
and
United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor,
v.
Cliff FINCH et al., Defendants.

Civ. A. No. 3830(A).

United States District Court, S. D. Mississippi, Jackson Division.

April 13, 1979.

Frank R. Parker, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs.

Gerald W. Jones, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-intervenor.

A. F. Summer, Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants.

*694 Before COLEMAN, Circuit Judge, and RUSSELL and COX, District Judges.

PER CURUIM:

FINAL JUDGMENT REAPPORTIONING THE MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

Plaintiffs, black citizens of the United States and residents and registered voters of the State of Mississippi qualified to vote in state legislative elections, having filed this action as a class action on behalf of all others similarly situated, and this action having proceeded as a class action on behalf of the class defined as all black citizens and registered voters of the State of Mississippi qualified to vote in state legislative elections, and plaintiffs having filed their Amended Complaint herein on April 15, 1975, and defendants having filed their answer on April 21, 1975, and the United States having been granted leave to intervene on June 11, 1975, and in conformity with the mandate of the United States Supreme Court in Connor v. Finch, 431 U.S. 407, 97 S.Ct. 1828, 52 L.Ed.2d 465 (1977), this action having gone to trial on November 21 and 22, 1977, and trial having been completed on February 14, 1978, and the parties having waived findings of fact and conclusions of law, and the Court finding that the districts provided herein meet the requirements of a court-ordered legislative reapportionment plan and that the entry of this plan in compliance with the mandate of the United States Supreme Court, dated March 26, 1979, would serve the ends of justice, it is

ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that the defendants Cliff Finch, Governor of Mississippi, A. F. Summer, Attorney General of Mississippi, Heber Ladner, Secretary of State of the State of Mississippi, being the Election Commissioners of the State of Mississippi, their officers, agents, servants, employees, attorneys, successors in office and all persons in active concert and participation with them, are hereby permanently enjoined as follows:

1. The following state legislative districts for the Mississippi Senate and House of Representatives are hereby ordered into full force and effect for the 1979 regular state legislative elections and thereafter unless and until altered according to law:

                             THE MISSISSIPPI STATE SENATE
                                                                             Percent      Percent
Dist.                                                          Percent       Black        Black
No.          Description                     Population        Variance      Pop.         VAP
  1     DESOTO COUNTY:
        TUNICA COUNTY:
        Precincts 1, 2,
        3, 4, 5, 7, and
        9                                    43,800            2.73%         41.68%       36.21%
  2     THE COUNTIES OF
        MARSHALL and
        TATE                                 42,571            -0.14%        55.55%       48.39%
  3     THE COUNTIES OF
        BENTON, PONTOTOC,
        and UNION                            43,964             3.12%        20.90%       16.76%
  4     THE COUNTIES OF
        ALCORN and TIPPAH                    43,031             0.93%        13.42%       11.50%

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  5   PRENTISS COUNTY:
      TISHOMINGO COUNTY:
      ITAWAMBA COUNTY:
      Precincts in Beat
      1 and 5; the Precincts
      of Oakland,
      Tremont and Wigginton                  42,615            -0.00%        7.64%        6.34%
  6   MONROE COUNTY:
      ITAWAMBA COUNTY:
      Precincts in
      Beats 2 and 3;
      the Precincts of
      Hampton, Fulton IV,
      James Creek, New
      Salem, Turon and
      Tilden                                 43,348            +1.68%        26.56%       22.50%
  7   LEE COUNTY:
      Except the Precincts
      of Palmetto, Old
      Union, Pleasant
      Grove, Brewer and
      Shannon                                41,679            -2.24%        19.22%       16.96%
  8   CHICKASAW COUNTY:
      CALHOUN COUNTY:
      Except the Precincts
      of Pittsboro, Reid,
      East Bruce, Pitts,
      Sarepta, Banner,
      Ellard, Herron,
      Reynolds and West
      Bruce
      CLAY COUNTY:
      Except the Precincts
      of Cedar Bluff, South
      West Point, East West
      Point, Tibbee, Union
      Star and Vinton
      LEE COUNTY:
      The Precincts of
      Palmetto, Old Union,
      Pleasant Grove, Brewer,
      and Shannon                            41,662            -2.28%        39.50%       33.61%
  9   LAFAYETTE COUNTY:
      CALHOUN COUNTY:
      The Precincts of
      Pittsboro, Reid,
      East Bruce, Sarepta,
      Ellard, Reynolds, West
      Bruce, Banner, and
      Herron
      YALOBUSHA COUNTY:
      Except the Precincts
      of Oakland,
      Scobey, and Tillatoba                  40,727            -4.47%        29.73%       23.15%

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 10   THE COUNTIES OF
      GRENADA and
      TALLAHATCHIE and
      the following
      Precincts in
      YALOBUSHA COUNTY:
      Scobey, Tillatoba,
      and Oakland                            41,248            -3.24%        51.93%       44.24%
 11   THE COUNTIES OF
      PANOLA and QUITMAN                     42,717             0.19%        53.54%       46.34%
 12   COAHOMA COUNTY:
      TUNICA COUNTY:
      Precincts 6,8, and
      10                                     44,386             4.11%        65.29%       59.17%
 13   BOLIVAR COUNTY:
      Except the Precincts
      of Duncan-Alligator
      and Shelby                             43,253            1.45%         59.54%       51.04%
 14   WASHINGTON COUNTY:
      The Precincts of
      Extension Building,
      Episcopal Church,
      American Legion,
      Brent Center,
      Police Station,
      Leland City Hall,
      Leland Community
      Center, Industrial
      College, and Brown
      Community Center                       41,199            -3.36%        61.95%
 15   SUNFLOWER COUNTY:
      BOLIVAR COUNTY:
      The Precincts of
      Duncan-Alligator and
      Shelby                                 43,203             1.33%        64.45%       56.79%
 16   LEFLORE COUNTY                         42,111            -1.22%        57.88%       51.79%
 17   THE COUNTIES OF
      CARROLL, CHOCTAW,
      MONTGOMERY, and
      WEBSTER, plus the
      following area in
      ATTALA COUNTY:
      Beat 2 and the Precincts
      of Carmack, Salem,
      and Hesterville                        43,225             1.38%        36.69%       30.26%

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