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CITY OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 1718-72.

376 F.Supp. 1344 (1974)

CITY OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, Plaintiff v. UNITED STATES of America, and Richard Kleindienst, Defendants Curtis Holt, Sr., et al. and Crusade for Voters of Richmond et al., Defendant Intervenors

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

May 29, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. Rhyne and David M. Dixon, Washington, D.C., and Daniel T. Balfour, Richmond, Va., for plaintiff.

Gerald W. Jones and Sidney R. Bixler, Attys., Dept. of Justice, for defendants.

W. H. C. Venable and John M. McCarthy, Richmond, Va., for defendant intervenors Curtis Holt, Sr. and others.

James P. Parker and Armand Derfner, Washington, D. C., for defendant intervenors Crusade for Voters of Richmond and others.

Before WRIGHT, Circuit Judge, and JONES and GREEN, District Judges.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

The City of Richmond, Virginia instituted this action seeking a declaratory judgment, pursuant to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973c (1970), that its annexation of approximately 23 square miles of adjacent county land does not have the purpose and will not have the effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race or color.

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