Mississippi Business Journal » districts http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Appeals Court to hear lawsuits over drawing county district lines http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/23/appeals-court-to-hear-lawsuits-over-drawing-county-district-lines/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=appeals-court-to-hear-lawsuits-over-drawing-county-district-lines http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/23/appeals-court-to-hear-lawsuits-over-drawing-county-district-lines/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 17:03:01 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=57529 ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — A federal appeals court has scheduled oral arguments for June 4 in lawsuits challenging the failure of 11 Mississippi counties to redraw supervisor district lines in time for the 2011 election. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments in New Orleans. In March of 2011, [...]

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