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MATTER OF CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, ILL.

No. 87-1557.

818 F.2d 565 (1987)

In the Matter of CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 28, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence C. Dinardo, Chicago, Ill., Fredic Benson, Corp. Counsel, William S. Hanley, Springfield, Ill., for petitioner.

William L. Robinson, Frank R. Parker, Robert B. McDuff, Samuel Issacharoff, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C., James C. Craven, Donald M. Craven, Springfield, Ill., Richard B. Jerome, Verner, Lupfert, Bernhard, McPherson, & Hand, Washington, D.C., for respondents Frank McNeil, et al.

Before FLAUM, EASTERBROOK, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

The district court has held that the City of Springfield, Illinois, violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973, by maintaining a system of at-large elections that prevented black voters from influencing the outcome of the contests. McNeil v. City of Springfield, 658 F.Supp. 1015 (1987). The court enjoined the elections scheduled for February 1987, keeping in office the...

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