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UNITED STATES v. COHAN

Civ. A. No. 2882.

358 F.Supp. 1217 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. W. H. COHAN, Municipal Supt. of Hinesville, Georgia, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. Georgia, Savannah Division.

May 28, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Jackson B. Smith, Jr., U. S. Atty., Augusta, Ga., Walter Gorman and Harry C. Piper, Civil Rights Division, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Charles M. Jones, Donald H. Fraser, Hinesville, Ga., for defendants.

Before BELL, Circuit Judge, LAWRENCE, Chief Judge, and ALAIMO, District Judge.

ORDER

LAWRENCE, Chief Judge:

In 1971 the General Assembly of Georgia amended the charter of the City of Hinesville so as to establish a new system of electing members of the municipal council. Under the prior law the five candidates obtaining the highest number of votes were declared elected. Effective at the election in October, 1971, a "post" system of election to such office was substituted. "Positions on the council shall be numbered 1 through 5, respectively...

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