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WHITE v. STATE OF ALA.

Civ. A. No. 94-T-94-N.

867 F.Supp. 1571 (1994)

Hoover WHITE, et al., Plaintiffs, Ralph E. Bradford, etc., Mark G. Montiel, et al., Plaintiffs-Intervenors, v. The STATE OF ALABAMA; and James Bennett in his official capacity as Secretary of State for the State of Alabama, Defendants, Christopher Boehm, Defendant-Intervenor, United States of America, Amicus Curiae.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division.

October 6, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry G. Davis, Terry G. Davis, P.C.; Solomon S. Seay, Jr., Montgomery, AL, and Samuel H. Heldman, and Joe R. Whatley, Jr., Cooper, Mitch, Crawford, Kuydendall & Whatley, Birmingham, AL, for plaintiffs.

Algert S. Agricola, Jr., Montgomery, AL, James McGowin Williamson, Williamson & Williamson, Greenville, AL, and Albert L. Jordan, Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff, Byers & Brandt, Birmingham, AL, for intervenors-plaintiffs.

Robert Marc Givhan, Asst. Atty. Gen.; Donald V. Watkins, Donald V. Watkins, P.C., Montgomery, AL, and Jonathan C. Rose, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, for defendants.

Steven H. Rosenbaum, James P. Turner, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Voting Section, Mark A. Posner, Matthew G. Olsen, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Washington, DC, Kenneth E. Vines, Charles Redding Pitt, U.S. Atty., U.S. Attorney's Office, Montgomery, AL, and Deval L. Patrick, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Sp. Litigation Section, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs Hoover White, John A. Dillard, and Glenn Moody, all African-Americans, assert, among other claims in this voting rights lawsuit, that the current at-large system of electing Alabama appellate judges dilutes black voting strength, thereby denying African-Americans an equal opportunity to participate in the political process and elect candidates of their choice. They name as defendants the...

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