Connor Et Al. v. Waller, Governor of Mississippi, Et Al.
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67 later published cases cite this decision. The 25 that cite it most often are listed here.
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- Andrew Ramos, Jesus Trinidad, Jr. And Bruno Martinez v. Alfred H. Koebig (5th Cir. 1981)
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- Nelson Dotson, Ruthie Mae Moton, Cross-Appellees v. The City of Indianola, Ms., Cross-Appellants (5th Cir. 1984)
- Seamon v. Upham (District Court, E.D. Texas 1982)
- Connor v. Winter (District Court, S.D. Mississippi 1981)
- Morris v. Gressette (Supreme Court of the United States 1977)
- Henry J. Kirksey, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Board of Supervisors of Hinds County, Mississippi (5th Cir. 1976)
- John Roy Harper, II v. Edward H. Levi, Attorney General of the United States, (Two Cases) (D.C. Cir. 1975)
- Cosner v. Dalton (District Court, E.D. Virginia 1981)
- Connor v. Coleman (Supreme Court of the United States 1979)
- State of Miss. v. United States (District Court, District of Columbia 1979)
- Mississippi v. United States (District Court, District of Columbia 1979)
- Wise v. Lipscomb (Supreme Court of the United States 1978)
- Connor v. Coleman (Supreme Court of the United States 1976)
- Voketz v. City of Decatur (11th Cir. 2018)
- Thompson v. Attorney General (District Court, S.D. Mississippi 2015)
- Reaves v. United States Department of Justice (District Court, District of Columbia 2005)
- Arizona Minority Coalition for Fair Redistricting v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (United States District Court for the District of Arizona 2005)
- Smith v. Clark (District Court, S.D. Mississippi 2002)
- Foreman v. Dallas County, Tex. (District Court, N.D. Texas 1998)
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Opinion
Peggy J. CONNOR et al., Appellants,
v.
William L. WALLER, Governor of Mississippi, et al.
No. 74—1509.
June 5, 1975.
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from a judgment entered May 22, 1975 by a three-judge court for the Southern District of Mississippi. The judgment is reversed. the District Court erred in holding that House Bill No. 1290 and Senate Bill No. 2976, Mississippi Laws, 1975, Regular Session, are not legislative enactments required to be submitted pursuant to § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 79 Stat. 439, as amended, 84 Stat. 315, 42 U.S.C. § 1973c. Georgia v. United States, 411 U.S. 526, 93 S.Ct. 1702, 36 L.Ed.2d 472 (1973). Those Acts are not now and will not be effective as laws until and unless cleared pursuant to § 5. The District Court accordingly also erred in deciding the constitutional challenges to the Acts based upon claims of racial discrimination. Perkins v. Matthews, 400 U.S. 379, 91 S.Ct. 431, 27 L.Ed.2d 476 (1971); Allen v. State Board of Elections, 393 U.S. 544, 89 S.Ct. 817, 22 L.Ed.2d 1 (1969).
This reversal is, however, without prejudice to the authority of the District Court, if it should become appropriate, to entertain a proceeding to require the conduct of the 1975 elections pursuant to a court-ordered reapportionment plan that complies with this Court's decisions in Mahan v. Howell, 410 U.S. 315, 93 S.Ct. 979, 35 L.Ed.2d 320 (1973); Connor v. Williams, 404 U.S. 549, 92 S.Ct. 656, 30 L.Ed.2d 704 (1972); and Chapman v. Meier, 420 U.S. 1, 95 S.Ct. 751, 42 L.Ed.2d 766 (1975).
Reversed.
Mr. Justice MARSHALL, concurring.
I am of the opinion that the per curiam in this case should be made clear by adding a paragraph similar to the concluding paragraph of our opinion in Georgia v. United States, 411 U.S. 526, 541, 93 S.Ct. 1702, 1711, 36 L.Ed.2d 472 (1973). Therefore, I would add the following paragraph in this case:
'The case is remanded with instructions that any future elections in Mississippi under House Bill No. 1290 and Senate Bill No. 2976, Mississippi Laws, 1975, Regular Session, be enjoined unless and until the State, pursuant to § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, tenders to the Attorney General a plan to which he does not object, or obtains a favorable declaratory judgment from the District Court for the District of Columbia.'
Mr. Justice DOUGLAS took no part in the consideration or decision of this appeal.
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