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THOMASVILLE BRANCH OF N. A. A. C. P. v. THOMAS CTY., GA.

No. 77-1196.

571 F.2d 257 (1978)

THOMASVILLE BRANCH OF the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR the ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. THOMAS COUNTY, GEORGIA, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 29, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Walbert, Atlanta, Ga., Herbert E. Phipps, Albany, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Ronald A. Cohen, A. J. Whitehurst, Thomasville, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before WISDOM, SIMPSON and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This is the fourth 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). Appellants filed this action on August 11, 1975, to challenge the at-large method of electing county commissioners in Thomas County, Georgia. They make two distinct allegations. The first is that the at-large feature of the commission elections works to dilute the...

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