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Federal Court Rejects Effort to Block DeSoto County's Majority-Black Judicial District
August 14, 2026
NEW YORK, Aug. 14 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news:

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Federal Court Rejects Effort to Block DeSoto County's Majority-Black Judicial District

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#Read a PDF of our statement here.

Court rules plaintiffs "wholly failed to carry their burden" in challenge to Mississippi's only majority-Black judicial subdistrict.

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