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BROWN v. BD. OF SCH. COM'RS OF MOBILE COUNTY, ALA.

Nos. 82-7130, 82-7236.

706 F.2d 1103 (1983)

Leila G. BROWN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS OF MOBILE COUNTY, ALABAMA, et al., Defendants-Appellants. Leila G. BROWN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS OF MOBILE COUNTY, ALABAMA, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 6, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Campbell, III, James C. Wood, Mobile, Ala., for Board of School Com'rs of Mobile County, Ala., et al.

Thomas H. Figures, Asst. U.S. Atty., Mobile, Ala., Paul F. Hancock, Irving Gornstein, Civil Rights Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for U.S.

Blacksher, Menefee & Stein, Larry T. Menefee, J.U. Blacksher, Mobile, Ala., W. Edward Still, Birmingham, Ala., for Leila G. Brown, et al.

Before HILL and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and LYNNE, District Judge.

JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

This case arises out of a voting rights complaint involving a complex procedural and factual history which we will briefly summarize.1

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In 1975, plaintiffs (now appellees) who represent a class of all black citizens in Mobile County, Alabama, filed suit against the Board of School Commissioners and its elected officials [hereinafter Board]. Plaintiffs alleged that the county...

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