Hugh C. COSNER, individually and in his official capacity as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, et al., Plaintiffs.
Board of Supervisors of Hanover County, Virginia; Plaintiff-Intervenor.
Board of Supervisors of Chesterfield County, Virginia; Plaintiff-Intervenor,
v.
John N. DALTON, Governor of Virginia, et al., Defendants.
Kathleen K. Seefeldt, individually and in her official capacity as Chairman of the Board of County Supervisors of Prince William County, Virginia, et al., Defendants-Intervenors.
Consolidated Republican Committee of Prince William County, the City of Manassas, and the City of Manassas Park; League of Women Voters of Virginia, Amici Curiae.
James H. ELAM, Jr., Patricia Forbes, Lillie Mae Williams, Layton R. Fairchild, Jr., Barbara Cunningham, Mary T. Jones, and Lesia Annette Dobson, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Plaintiffs,
v.
John N. DALTON, Governor of Virginia, et al., Defendants.
COMMON CAUSE, a non-profit membership corporation suing on behalf of its members, et al., Plaintiffs, Howard E. Copeland, Plaintiff-Intervenor,
v.
Wayne LUSTIG, Chairman, State Board of Elections, et al., Defendants.
Jack W. GRAVELY, Amanda L. Thomas, Thomas E. Jarratt, John R. Mason, Lillie Mae Powell, Roger Perry, Juanita Parker, Alton O. Snead, James F. Gay, Michael A. Battle, Josephine E. Jones, Joseph E. Adams, and Mary Speight, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Plaintiffs,
v.
John N. DALTON, Governor of Virginia, et al., Defendants.
Norborne P. BEVILLE, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
John N. DALTON, Governor of Virginia, et al., Defendants.
Paula A. FARADAY, et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
John N. DALTON, Governor of Virginia, et al., Defendants.
ELY, Albert L., III, Plaintiff,
v.
Willis M. ANDERSON, Member, State Board of Elections, et al., Defendants.
United States District Court, E. D. Virginia, Richmond Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
August 25, 1981.
August 25, 1981.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert F. Brooks, Richmond, Va. (Robert W. Ackerman, Robert M. Rolfe, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Va., on brief), for Hugh C. Cosner et al.
Peter L. Trible, County Atty., Ashland, Va., for Bd. of Sup'rs of Hanover County, plaintiffs-intervenors.
Steven L. Micas, County Atty., Richmond, Va., for Bd. of Sup'rs of Chesterfield County, plaintiffs-intervenors.
David T. Stitt, County Atty., Fairfax, Va. (Linda Eichelbaum Collier, Asst. County Atty., Fairfax, Va., on brief), for Fairfax County, defendant-intervenor.
Anthony F. Troy, Richmond, Va. (Carter Glass, IV, Kenneth F. Ledford, Mays, Valentine, Davenport & Moore, Richmond, Va., T. A. Emerson, Prince William County Atty., Richmond, Va., Norborne P. Beville, Jr., Beville & Eakin, Manassas, Va., G. Richard Pfitzner & Morley, Woodbridge, Va., on brief), for Virginia Beach, Prince William and Manassas defendants-intervenors.
William G. Broaddus, County Atty., Richmond, Va. (Joseph P. Rapisarda, Jr., Michael K. Jackson, Asst. County Attys., Richmond, Va., on brief), for Bd. of County Sup'rs of Henrico County defendants-intervenors.
Alvin J. Schilling, Crossland and Schilling, Woodbridge, Va., on brief for amicus curiae Consolidated Republican Committee.
Nancy A. McBride, Richmond, Va., on brief for amicus curiae League of Women Voters of Va. in No. 81-0492-R.
Frank R. Parker, Washington, D. C. (Stephen W. Bricker, Richmond, Va., William L. Robinson, Barbara Y. Phillips, Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D. C., on brief), for plaintiffs James H. Elam, Jr., et al.
William J. Kolasky, Jr., Washington, D. C. (Thomas Rawles Jones, Jr., Judith Barry Wish, Lynne E. Prymas, William D. Brighton, Fern B. Kaplan, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D. C., on brief), for plaintiffs.
Howard E. Copeland, pro se.
Henry L. Marsh, III, S. W. Tucker, Richmond, Va. (Hill, Tucker & Marsh, Richmond, Va., Thomas I. Atkins, Gen. Counsel, New York City, Michael H. Sussman, Asst. Gen. Counsel, NAACP Sp. Contribution Fund, Washington, D. C., on brief), for Jack W. Gravely et al.
Norborne P. Beville, Jr., pro se (Beville & Eakin, G. Richard Pfitzner, Pfitzner & Morley, Manassas, Va., on brief), for Norborne P. Beville, Jr., et al.
Ervan E. Kuhnke, Dumfries, Va., on brief for Paula A. Faraday et al.
Robert R. Robrecht, Salem, Va., for Albert L. Ely, III, et al.
Robert H. Patterson, Jr., Anne Marie Whittimore, James L. Sanderlin, Richmond, Va. (John S. Battle, Jr., Joseph L. S. St. Amant, McGuire, Woods & Battle, Richmond, Va., on brief), for defendants.
Before BUTZNER, Circuit Judge, and WARRINER, and GLEN M. WILLIAMS, District Judges.
United States District Court, E. D. Virginia, Richmond Division.
BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:
In these consolidated cases, several counties, organizations, and individuals challenge Virginia Acts of Assembly, 1981 Special Session, Chapter 12, August 11, 1981 (hereafter referred to as the Act of August 11), which reapportioned the electoral districts for the House of Delegates.1
The defendants are a number of Virginia officials, including those who have responsibility for conducting the State's elections...
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