HARRIS v. GRADDICK

Civ. A. No. 84-T-595-N.

593 F.Supp. 128 (1984)

Charlie HARRIS and Mose Batie, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Charles A. GRADDICK, in his official capacity as Attorney General of Alabama, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, N.D.

August 1, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James U. Blacksher, Larry T. Menefee, Blacksher, Menefee & Stein, Mobile, Ala., Delores Boyd, Mandell & Boyd, Terry Davis, Montgomery, Ala., Jack Greenberg, Carol Guinier, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Joseph E. Faulk, Troy, Ala., for Powell and Anderson.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., Philip C. Davis, Susan McKinney, Albert S. Agricola, Callen Sparrow, Asst. Attys. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for Stone, Graddick & Wallace.

Edward Still, Birmingham, Ala., for State Democratic Exec. Committee.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Charlie Harris and Mose Batie are black citizens of the State of Alabama, qualified to vote in Pike County, Alabama. They filed this lawsuit on April 30, 1984, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated throughout the state, claiming that county officials across the state appoint disproportionately too few black persons as poll officials, in violation of section 2 of the Voting Rights...

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