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DOVE v. BUMPERS

No. 73-1756.

497 F.2d 895 (1974)

William DOVE, Sr., et al., Appellants, v. Dale BUMPERS et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 7, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Williams, III, New York City, for appellants.

John A. Davis, III, Pine Bluff, Ark., for appellee, City Council.

Walter Murray, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for Bumpers.

Before HEANEY and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges, and SMITH, Senior District Judge.

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Four black residents of the City of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, representing a class consisting of all black voters of the City appeal from a three-judge court decision1 upholding the constitutionality of an Arkansas statute.2 The statute required that aldermen be elected at-large in cities of the first class which have a population of 50,000 or more...

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