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A petition for writ of mandamus to require the District Court to adopt a reapportionment plan for the Mississippi Legislature is denied, where after this Court granted leave to file the petition the District Court entered a final judgment specifying a plan for reapportionment, and the parties announced that there will be no appeal.
PER CURIAM.
On March 26, 1979, we granted leave to petitioners to file a petition for a writ of mandamus to require the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi to adopt a plan for the reapportionment of the Mississippi Legislature.
The Clerk of the District Court has now formally advised the Clerk of this Court that on April 13, 1979, the District Court entered a final judgment specifying a court-ordered plan for the reapportionment of the legislature and for elections to be conducted in the coming summer. The District Court Clerk has also stated that all parties to the litigation have announced in open court that there will be no appeal.
The petition for a writ of mandamus is therefore denied.
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Citation: 441 U.S. 792
No. 78-1013
Decided: May 21, 1979
Court: United States Supreme Court
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