Tucker v. Hosemann (W. Allen Pepper, Jr., N.D. Miss. 2:10-cv-178)
A federal complaint filed thirteen days before the 2010 general election alleged that election practices discriminated against Black voters. According to the presiding judge, “Though it was unclear from their pleadings the exact nature of the relief sought by the plaintiffs, the court was able to pinpoint the issue during the [temporary-restraining-order] hearing [held six days after the complaint was filed].” The judge concluded that the practice by offices of Mississippi’s secretary of state and attorney general of sending observers to federal and state elections held in Mississippi was not a new practice requiring preclearance pursuant to section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
Subject: Voting procedures. Topic: Section 5 preclearance.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.