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CITY OF DALLAS v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 78-1666.

482 F.Supp. 183 (1979)

CITY OF DALLAS et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendants. Felix A. Zamora et al., and Elsie Faye Heggins et al., Defendants-Intervenors.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

As Amended February 25, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. Rhyne, Washington, D. C., for City of Dallas, Tex., Robert S. Folsom, Robert S. Sloan, plaintiffs.

Carmen L. Jones, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for United States of America and Griffin B. Bell, Attorney General of the United States, defendants.

Abelardo I. Perez, Washington, D. C., for Felix A. Zamora.

Richard S. Kohn, Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D. C., for Elsie Faye Heggins.

Before MacKINNON, Circuit Judge, and PARKER and RICHEY, District Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This declaratory judgment action, which we now hold is moot, was brought by the City of Dallas to determine the validity of a voting plan for city council elections. The action was brought in this court pursuant to the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973c, and we initially refused the motion of the City of Dallas for summary judgment in its favor.

Subsequently, the original plan, which is the subject...

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