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BOND v. WHITE

Civ. A. Nos. 2795, 2825.

377 F.Supp. 514 (1974)

William BOND et al., Plaintiffs, v. Alton WHITE et al., Defendants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. TWIGGS COUNTY, GEORGIA, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M. D. Georgia, Macon Division.

January 7, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Moore, Jr., Elizabeth R. Rindskopf, John R. Myer, Atlanta, Ga., Jack Greenberg, Charles Stephen Ralson, Eric Schnapper, New York City, for plaintiffs, Bond and others.

William J. Schloth, U. S. Atty., Macon, Ga., David L. Norman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., Civil Rights Division; Jerry E. Keith, Atty., Voting & Public Accommodation, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the U. S.

George C. Grant, Martin, Snow, Grant & Napier, Macon, Ga., B. Rabun Faulk, Jeffersonville, Ga., for defendants.

OWENS, District Judge:

These actions were brought under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Title 42 U.S.C. § 1973c.1 The plaintiffs challenged a Georgia statute enacted in 1971 which changed the procedure for nomination and election of the county commissioners of Twiggs County, Georgia, to wit: Ga.Laws, 1971, p. 3546.

This statute was declared invalid and unenforceable...

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