CROSS v. BAXTER

No. 77-3286.

604 F.2d 875 (1979)

John W. CROSS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Lloyd BAXTER et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 16, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laughlin McDonald, Neil Bradley, H. Christopher Coates, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Hoyt H. Whelchel, Jr., James C. Whelchel, Moultrie, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before TUTTLE, GODBOLD and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.


GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

Members of the Moultrie (Georgia) City Council are elected to staggered terms from the town at-large by a plurality of votes cast.1 Plaintiffs, black residents of Moultrie, allege that use of the at-large multimember district2 rather than single-member districts unconstitutionally dilutes their votes and the votes of all black citizens in Moultrie, who make up about 35% of the city's...

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