U.S. v. MARENGO COUNTY COM'N

Civ. A. No. 78-474-H.

643 F.Supp. 232 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America; James Clark, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs, v. MARENGO COUNTY COMMISSION, Marengo County, Alabama; Glass, Aubrey L., President; Holt, D.W.; Etheridge, Grey; Brame, Jimmie and Stephens, Wiley G., Commissioners; Marengo County Board of Education, Marengo County, Alabama; Miller, Thomas N., President; Mason, Joe C.; Tucker, Robert; Flowers, Wallace and Lofton, Moses, Members; Daniels, Sammie, Probate Judge; Camp, J.C., Chairman, Marengo County Democratic Executive Committee; and Armstead, Starkey, Chairman, Marengo County Republican Executive Committee; Smith, W.H. "Billy", Sheriff; Sealey, Dwaine, Clerk of the Circuit Court for Marengo County, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Alabama, N.D.

August 8, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jefferson B. Sessions, III, W.A. Kimbrough, Jr., U.S. Attys., Mobile, Ala., J. Gerald Hebert, Voting Section, Civil Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for U.S.

J.U. Blacksher, Larry T. Menefee, Mobile, Ala., for plaintiffs James Clark, Jr., et al.

Cartledge W. Blackwell, Jr., Selma, Ala., for Marengo County Com'n.

Hugh A. Lloyd, Demopolis, Ala., for Marengo County Bd. of Educ.

Cartledge W. Blackwell, for remaining defendants.

W.W. Dinning, Demopolis, Ala., for Joseph C. Camp.


PRELUSION

HAND, Chief Judge.

The Order that follows is entered by this Court pursuant to the Mandate of the Court of Appeals directing this Court to district Marengo County for election purposes as to the County Commission and the School Board. In complying with this Mandate, the Court does so because it legally must under our system, and not because it believes it is constitutionally required. The appellate courts have apparently concluded that the Constitution...

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