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TURNER v. WEBSTER

Civ. A. No. 85-P-157-W.

637 F.Supp. 1089 (1986)

Albert TURNER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. William WEBSTER, et al., Defendants.

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

June 25, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Sanders/Carlos A. Williams/J.L. Chestnut, Jr., Chestnut Sanders Sanders & Turner, Selma, Ala., Margaret Carey/Charles Victor McTeer, Center for Constitutional Rights, McTeer & Bailey, Greenville, Miss., Mortin Stavis/Margaret Ratner, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Charles Graddick, Susan McKinney, David Christy, Office of the Attorney General, Montgomery, Ala., for Auburtin, Snoddy, Harwell & McLeed.

Before VANCE, Circuit Judge, POINTER, Chief District Judge, and PROPST, District Judge.

OPINION AND ORDER ON CROSS MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

VANCE, Circuit Judge:

In this case we are asked to determine whether county election officials in Alabama, some acting pursuant to a state court order, brought about a change in a voting standard, practice or procedure subject to preclearance under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973c, by marking absentee ballots in a manner which identified the persons casting the ballots. We...

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