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McINTOSH CTY., NAACP v. CITY OF DARIEN

No. 78-1287.

605 F.2d 753 (1979)

McINTOSH COUNTY BRANCH OF THE NAACP, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The CITY OF DARIEN, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing January 2, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Walbert, Atlanta, Ga., Mark F. Gorman, Brunswick, Ga., John L. Carroll, Morris Dees, Jr., Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Charles C. Stebbins, Jr., Darien, Ga., Charles C. Stebbins, III, Augusta, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before TUTTLE, GODBOLD and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-appellants are organizations representing blacks who vote in the City of Darien, Georgia. They brought this suit alleging that Darien's use of an atlarge electoral system for selection of city officers dilutes the votes of black citizens, in violation of the Fourteenth and Fif-teenth Amendments and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1971(a)(1) & 1973.1

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