CLARK v. EDWARDS

Civ. A. No. 86-435-A.

725 F.Supp. 285 (1988)

Janice G. CLARK, et al. v. Edwin W. EDWARDS, et al.

M.D. Louisiana.

Opinion on Motions to Amend and for Stay, August 31, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest L. Johnson, T. Richardson Bobb, Baton Rouge, La., Robert McDuff, Lawyer's Committee for Civ. Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C., Ulysses Thibodeaux, Newman & Thibodeaux, Lake Charles, La., for plaintiffs.

Kenneth C. DeJean, Roy Mongrue, Staff Atty., Louisiana Dept. of Justice, Michael H. Rubin, Christine Peck, Rubin, Curry, Colvin & Joseph, Baton Rouge, La., Fred J. Cassibry, Jan T. Van Loon, Sandra A. Vujnovich, Brook, Morial, Cassibry, New Orleans, La., for defendants.


FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

JOHN V. PARKER, Chief Judge.

This is a class action brought by black voters and black lawyers who possess the qualifications to be elected Louisiana district court, family court, and court of appeal judges. Plaintiffs claim that use of multimember districts to elect family court, district court and court of appeal judges operates to dilute black voting strength in violation of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments...

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