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5 Court Cases
Dec 20, 2022
Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP v. State Board of Election Commissioners
Civil rights advocates challenged Mississippi’s 2022 state legislative district maps for unlawfully diluting the voting strength of Black Mississippians.
Jun 22, 2022
Parents for Public Schools v. Mississippi Dept. of Finance and Administration
The suit, filed in the Chancery Court of Hinds County, Mississippi, argues that the Mississippi Legislature violated Section 208 of the State Constitution by appropriating $10 million to private schools. The State Constitution requires that taxpayer money must be spent only on public “free schools.”
Oct 28, 2021
Abraham House of God v. City of Horn Lake
Horn Lake officials unlawfully denied zoning approval for a proposed mosque due to anti-Muslim bias, according to a federal lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi, and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. Just before holding a vote...
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