Donald MOON, et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
M. Bruce MEADOWS, Defendant,
and
Curtis W. Harris, et al., Defendants-Intervenors.
United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Richmond Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
February 7, 1997.
February 7, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Paul Loy Hurd, Monroe, LA, Bill Helfand, Hirsch, Robinson, Sheiness & Glover, Houston, TX, Douglas Markham, Houston, TX, Stephen A. Katsurinis, Hirsch, Robinson, Sheiness & Glover, Richmond, VA, for Plaintiffs.
Rita Marie Sampson, Francis Snead Ferguson, Gregory E. Lucyk, James Walter Hopper, Office of Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, VA, Mary Elizabeth Shea, Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Law Division, Richmond, VA, James Stuart Gilmore, III, Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, VA, David E. Anderson, Frank S. Ferguson, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, VA, for Defendant.
Stephen Barkai Pershing, ACLU Foundation of Virginia, Richmond, VA, Elaine Ruth Jones, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., New York City, Neil Bradley, Maha S. Zaki, M. Laughlin McDonald, American Civil Liberties Union, Atlanta, GA, Mary E. Wyckoff, American Civil Liberties Union, New York City, Theodore M. Shaw, Norman J. Chachkin, Penda Hair, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., New York City, Pamela S. Karlan, Charlottesville, VA, J. Gerald Hebert, J. Gerald Hebert, P.C., Alexandria, VA, Cassandra Q. Butts, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Washington, DC, for Intervenors-Defendants.
Before WIDENER, Circuit Judge, MERHIGE, Senior District Judge, and ELLIS, District Judge.
United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Richmond Division.
MEMORANDUM
MERHIGE, Senior District Judge:
The primary issue before this Court is the constitutionality of Virginia's allegedly racially-gerrymandered Third Congressional District. This action arises under Articles I, II and IV, § 2, of the United States Constitution; the First, Fifth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments; 42 U.S.C. § 1973, et seq., and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983. Since all Defendants, including intervenors, reside...
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