John DILLARD, et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
CRENSHAW COUNTY, etc., et al., Defendants.
United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, N.D.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
October 21, 1986.
October 21, 1986.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
James U. Blacksher, Wanda J. Cochran, Blacksher, Menefee & Stein, P.A., Mobile, Ala., Terry G. Davis, Seay & Davis, Montgomery, Ala., Deborah Fins, Julius L. Chambers, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, New York City, Larry Menefee, Edward Still, Reeves & Still, Birmingham, Ala., Reo Kirkland, Jr., Brewton, Ala., for plaintiffs.
D.L. Martin, Moulton, Ala., and David R. Boyd, Balch & Bingham, Montgomery, Ala., for Lawrence County and Larry Smith defendants.
Barry D. Vaughn, Proctor and Vaughan, Sylacauga, Ala., for Talladega Co. defendant.
Yetta G. Samford, Jr., Samford, Denson, Horsley, Pettey, Martin & Barrett, Opelika, Ala., for Lee Co. defendant.
Rick Harris, Moore, Kendrick, Glassroth, Harris, Bush & White, Montgomery, Ala., for Crenshaw Co. defendant.
John A. Nichols, Lightfoot, Nichols & Smyth, Luverne, Ala., for defendants-intervenors.
Robert Black, Hill, Hill, Carter, Franco, Cole & Black, Montgomery, Ala., for defendants Tate, Smith & Harbin of Crenshaw Co.
W.O. Kirk, Jr., Carrollton, Ala., for Pickens Co. defendant.
Jack Floyd, Floyd, Keener & Cusimano, Gadsden, Ala., for Etowah Co. defendant.
Herbert D. Jones, Jr., H.R. Burnham, Burnham, Klinefelter, Halsey, Jones & Cater, Anniston, Ala., for Calhoun Co. defendants.
James W. Webb, Webb, Crumpton, McGregor, Schmael & Wilson, Montgomery, Ala., and Lee M. Otts, Otts & Moore, Brewton, Ala., for Escambia Co. defendants.
United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, N.D.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.
The issue before the court in this lawsuit, premised on section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S. C.A. § 1973, is whether the court should adopt on an interim or permanent basis the proposed redistricting plans submitted by three Alabama counties. Calhoun, Lawrence, and Pickens Counties submitted the plans to cure the section 2 violations in their present schemes for electing...
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