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UNITED STATES v. DALLAS COUNTY COM'N

No. 86-7330. Non-Argument Calendar.

791 F.2d 831 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DALLAS COUNTY COMMISSION, Dallas County, Al.; John W. Jones, Jr., Chairman; Seawell L. Jones, R. Furniss Elliss, O. Frederick Baldwin, Andrew P. Calhoun, Members; and Dallas County Board, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 23, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.B. Sessions, III, U.S. Atty., P.O. Drawer E, Mobile, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

Gerald W. Jones, Voting Section, Dept. of Justice, Paul F. Hancock, J. Gerald Herbert, Pollie A. Marmolejois, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, HILL and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

In this case the United States challenges the at-large method of electing School Board members in Dallas County, Alabama. The district court denied the motion of the United States for a preliminary injunction enjoining School Board elections under the at-large system. The United States appealed under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a). In this court the United States has moved for summary reversal or in the alternative for an injunction pending appeal, and both...

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