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BOLDEN v. CITY OF MOBILE, ALA.

Nos. 76-4210, 77-2042.

571 F.2d 238 (1978)

Wiley L. BOLDEN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF MOBILE, ALABAMA, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 29, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. C. Tidwell, Charles B. Arendall, Jr., Mobile, Ala., Charles S. Rhyne, Washington, D. C., S. R. Sheppard, City of Mobile Legal Dept., Mobile, Ala., William S. Rhyne, Washington, D. C., Travis M. Bedsole, Jr., Mobile, Ala., Fred G. Collins, City Atty., Legal Dept. of the City of Mobile, City Hall, Mobile, Ala., Donald A. Carr, Martin W. Matzen, Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellants.

Gregory B. Stein, J. U. Blacksher, Larry Menefee, Mobile, Ala., Edward Still, Birmingham, Ala., Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit, III, Charles E. Williams, III, Eric Schnapper, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Dennis J. Dimsey, Atty., Civil Rights Div., Appellate Sect., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for United States.

Miriam R. Eisenstein, Brian K. Landsberg, Walter W. Barnett, Attys., Drew S. Days, Asst. Atty. Gen., Appellate Section, Civil Rts. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae.

Before WISDOM, SIMPSON and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

This is the second of four consolidated voting dilution cases we decide today. See Nevett v. Sides (Nevett II), 571 F.2d 209, 213 n.1 (5th Cir. 1978). Black citizens of Mobile, Alabama, brought this class action to challenge the constitutionality of their city's at-large method of electing its commissioners. The district court sustained the challenge, declared...

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