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CITIZENS FOR A BETTER GRETNA v. CITY OF GRETNA, LA.

Civ. A. No. 84-4901.

636 F.Supp. 1113 (1986)

CITIZENS FOR A BETTER GRETNA, et al. v. CITY OF GRETNA, LOUISIANA, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

May 12, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alice M. Jacobs, Suzanne Weiner, Jack W. Jernigan, Ronald L. Wilson, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs.

Jon A. Gegenheimer, City Atty., City of Gretna, Gretna, La., for defendants.

OPINION

ROBERT F. COLLINS, District Judge.

When Congress passed the Voting Rights Act1 in 1965 to eliminate voting discrimination and to affirm the fundamental right of each citizen to participate fully in elections, President Lyndon Johnson hailed its enactment as a "triumph for freedom as huge as any ever won on any battlefield."2 The weapon Congress utilized to secure that freedom was Section 2...

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