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SMITH v. CITY OF PINE BLUFF

No. PB-C-83-342.

635 F.Supp. 357 (1986)

Robert J. SMITH, M.D., H.O. Gray, Marion A. Humphrey, W.R. Wright, Henry Johnson, Naomi N. Lawson and Marsha Flowers, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF PINE BLUFF; Mayor Carolyn Robinson; City Council Members, Bob Atkinson, Vic Brown, Walter Triplett, Chester Hynes, Philip Chavis, Jerry Taylor, Jerry Moore, and Ronnie Roller, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, Pine Bluff Division.

May 22, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P.A. Hollingsworth, Hollingsworth & Heller, Little Rock, Ark., C. Lani Guinier, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Robert Tolson, Jr., City Atty., City of Pine Bluff, Ark., Pine Bluff, Ark., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

HENRY WOODS, District Judge.

Preliminary Statement

This suit was filed on September 14, 1983 by a number of black citizens of Pine Bluff, Arkansas for declaratory and injunctive relief against at-large voting for members of the Pine Bluff City Council. The statutory and constitutional bases were stated to be the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973, and Amendments Fourteen and Fifteen of the United States Constitution...

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