COHEN v. MALONEY

Civ. A. No. 4736.

410 F.Supp. 1147 (1976)

Sadie L. COHEN et al., Plaintiffs, v. Thomas C. MALONEY, Mayor of the City of Wilmington, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

March 3, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Thomas Sandbach, Biggs & Battaglia, Wilmington, Del., for plaintiffs.

Michael P. Maguire and Robert D. Goldberg, Asst. City Sols., Wilmington, Del., for defendants.


OPINION

STAPLETON, District Judge:

Plaintiffs in this suit challenge Ordinance 73-0741 of the City of Wilmington which amended the City's apportionment plan in 1973 by transferring the entire population of a 15-block election district from the Eighth Councilmanic District to the Second Councilmanic District, thereby allegedly diluting the votes of residents of the Second Councilmanic District and of the transferred election district...

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