BLACKS UNITED FOR LASTING LEADERSHIP, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
The CITY OF SHREVEPORT et al., Defendants-Appellants,
Louisiana Municipal Association, Intervenor.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 29, 1978.
March 29, 1978.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John Gallagher, George C. (Neil) Dixon, Asst. City Atty., Shreveport, La., for City of Shreveport, Allen, Burton and Hathaway.
Charles C. Grubb, Shreveport, La., William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., A. Mills McCawley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Shreveport, La., for Edwards and Martin.
Charles E. Williams, III, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Jack Greenberg, New York City, Hilry Huckaby, III, Shreveport, La., Eric Schnapper, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellees.
R. Gordon Kean, Jr., Baton Rouge, La., for other interested parties.
Dennis J. Dimsey, Brian K. Landsberg, Walter W. Barnett, Miriam R. Eisenstein, Attys., Drew S. Days, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Appellate Section, Civil Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae, U. S. A.
Before WISDOM, SIMPSON and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
This is the third 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 Shreveport, Louisiana, and organizations representing their interests brought this class action to strike down the at-large system for electing the city commissioners of Shreveport. The black citizens, who in 1974 constituted thirty-two...
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