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COUNTY COUNCIL OF SUMTER COUNTY, S.C. v. U.S.

Civ. A. No. 82-0912.

596 F.Supp. 35 (1984)

COUNTY COUNCIL OF SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Defendants, Larry Blanding, et al., Defendants-Intervenors.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

May 25, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Dorn, Kilpatrick & Cody, Washington, D.C., Terrell Glenn, M. Elizabeth Crum, McNair, Glenn, Konduros, Corley, Singletary, Porter & Dibble, P.A., Columbia, S.C., Howard P. King, Bryan, Bahnmuller, King, Goldman & McElveen, Sumter, S.C., for plaintiffs.

Gerald W. Jones, Paul F. Hancock, J. Gerald Hebert, Thomas G. Snow, Attys., Civ. Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants.

Armand Derfner, Washington, D.C., Laughlin McDonald, Atlanta, Ga., Herbert Buhl, II, Columbia, S.C., for defendants-intervenors.

Before BORK, Circuit Judge, and PARKER and OBERDORFER, District Judges.

PER CURIAM:

We are concerned that because this and related proceedings have been so protracted and, more recently, because of the "exigencies of judicial deliberation," Beer v. United States, 374 F.Supp. 357, 360 (D.D. C.1974), elections have not been held in Sumter County for some time. Although this court is not yet ready to issue its full opinion and findings of fact, we have agreed upon a disposition. Rather than permit...

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