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COUSINS v. CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF CHICAGO

Nos. 73-1891, 73-2127.

503 F.2d 912 (1974)

William COUSINS, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY COUNCIL OF the CITY OF CHICAGO et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 9, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Shakman, Aram A. Hartunian, Robert Plotkin, Robert L. Tucker, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Richard L. Curry, Corp. Counsel, William R. Quinlan and Edmund Hatfield, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Thomas A. Foran and Ian H. Levin, Earl L. Neal, Sp. Asst. Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before FAIRCHILD, CUMMINGS and STEVENS, Circuit Judges.

FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge.

This action challenging the validity of the 1970 reapportionment of Chicago's aldermanic wards on the grounds of racial and ethnic gerrymandering is here again on appeal from the judgment following the second trial. Many of the pertinent facts (including the 1970 map of Chicago's wards) are set out in our earlier opinion (reversing and remanding the case for further proceedings) and will not be repeated here. Cousins v. City Council of City...

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