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GILBERT v. STERRETT

No. 74-1467.

509 F.2d 1389 (1975)

Ethelyn GILBERT et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. W. L. STERRETT, Dallas County Judge, et al., etc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 16, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward B. Cloutman, III, Walter Irvin, John F. Jordan, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Mel Price, pro se.

John Whittington, pro se.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., John B. Tolle, Asst. Dist. Atty., Earl Luna, Thomas V. Murto, III, Dallas, Tex., for Sterrett, Tyson, Orr.

Before RIVES, GODBOLD and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 16, 1975.

RIVES, Circuit Judge:

This class action, filed on May 5, 1972, challenged the apportionment in 1971 of County Commissioners' precincts or districts of Dallas County, Texas, alleging racial gerrymander or, alternatively, the effect of diluting the vote of black citizens. The named plaintiffs are black voters in Commissioners' Precincts 3 and 4. The defendants are the County Judge and the four County Commissioners...

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