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TALTON v. CITY OF SELMA, AL.

No. 84-7445.

758 F.2d 585 (1985)

Julius E. TALTON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF SELMA, AL; et al., Defendants, and F.D. Reese & Raymond Major, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 19, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.L. Chestnut, Jr., Carlos A. Williams, Selma, Ala., for Reese and Major.

Joe T. Pilcher, Jr., John E. Pilcher, J. Garrison Thompson, Selma, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before RONEY and HILL, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal filed by two former members of the city council of the City of Selma, Alabama from an injunction by the district court directing the election of members of the city council for the election in 1984 to be from five wards each having a single member.

Appellants' contention is that the plan adopted by the district court reduced the number of blacks that could be "practically elected to the...

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