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VOTER INFORMATION PROJECT v. CITY OF BATON ROUGE

Nos. 77-3089, 77-3090.

612 F.2d 208 (1980)

VOTER INFORMATION PROJECT, INC. and Robert C. Williams, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF BATON ROUGE et al., Defendants-Appellees. Robert Judge EAMES and Voter Information Project, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Edwin W. EDWARDS, Governor of the State of Louisiana et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 21, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murphy W. Bell, Nelson D. Taylor, Robert C. Williams, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Frank J. Gremillion, Baton Rouge, La., for defendants-appellees.

Joseph F. Keogh, Baton Rouge, La., for Bd. of Supervisors, et al.

Larry S. Bankston, Baton Rouge, La., for Lacaze & Demo. Exec. Comm.

Carmack M. Blackmon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tommy D. Teague, Staff Atty., William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., for Edwards, et al.

Before JONES, BROWN and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

These two consolidated cases raise constitutional challenges under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 to the at-large schemes of electing City Judges in Baton Rouge and State Judges in East Baton Rouge Parish. Plaintiffs1 allege that these election systems invidiously dilute the voting strength of black persons residing in Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish in violation of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments...

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