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McGILL v. GADSDEN COUNTY COMMISSION

No. 74-3137.

535 F.2d 277 (1976)

Henry W. McGILL, for himself and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GADSDEN COUNTY COMMISSION et al., Defendants-Appellees. Witt CAMPBELL, for himself and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GADSDEN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 22, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent Spriggs, Charles L. Keesey, Tallahassee, Fla., Charles E. Williams, III, Jack Greenberg, Legal Defense Fund, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants.

C. Graham Carothers, Tallahassee, Fla., Richard J. Gardner, Quincy, Fla., for Gadsden County School Bd.

Alton M. Towles, Quincy, Fla., for Gadsden County Commission.

Before WISDOM, GEWIN and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 22, 1976.

PER CURIAM:

This case presents challenges to the atlarge voting schemes that are used to elect members of the County Commission and the County School Board of Gadsden County, Florida.

Gadsden County is in rural northwest Florida. Its largest city is Quincy, which, in 1970, had a population of about 8,000. About 59 percent of the population and 49.36 percent of the registered voters in the County...

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