HARRIS v. SIEGELMAN

Civ. A. No. 84-T-595-N.

695 F.Supp. 517 (1988)

Charlie HARRIS and Mose Batie, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Don SIEGELMAN, in his official capacity as Attorney General of Alabama, et al., Defendants, John W. Jones, Jr., as Judge of Probate of Dallas County, Alabama; et al., Defendant-Intervenors.

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

June 30, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James U. Blacksher, Birmingham, Ala., Terry Davis, Montgomery, Ala., Julius Chambers, Lani Guinier, New York City, Larry T. Menefee, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiffs.

Joseph E. Faulk, Troy, Ala., for defendants Powell & Anderson.

Charles Graddick, Atty. Gen., Gregory Griffin, David Christy, Asst. Attys. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for defendants Stone, Seigelman, Wallace, Hale, Tallapoosa, Clay, Cherokee, Barbour & Marengo.

Hobson Manasco, Jr., Haleyville, Ala., for Winston County — Judge, Clerk & Sheriff.

Robert J. Teel, Teel & Teel, Rockford, Ala., for Coosa Co. Democratic Executive Committee.

Richard H. Ramsey, III, Dothan, Ala., for Houston County — Sheriff, Probate Judge, & Circuit Clerk.

Frank C. Ellis, Jr., Wallace, Ellis, Head & Fowler, Columbiana, Ala., for Shelby County—Judge of Probate, Circuit Clerk, & Sheriff.

Harold V. Hughston, Jr., Hughston, Hughston & Hughston, Tuscumbia, Ala., for Colbert County — Probate Judge, Circuit Clerk, & Sheriff.

James C. Wood, Mobile, Ala., for Mobile County — Election Appointment Bd.

Louis C. Rutland, Union Springs, Ala., for Bullock County — Probate Judge, Sheriff, & Circuit Clerk.

Kirtley W. Brown, Marion, Ala., for Perry County — Probate Judge, Sheriff & Circuit Clerk.

J. Knox Argo, Argo & Enslen, Montgomery, Ala., for Montgomery County — Judge of Probate, Circuit Clerk, & Sheriff.

Edwin A. Strickland, & Max C. Pope, Fulford, Pope & Natter, Birmingham, Ala., for Jefferson County — Probate Judge, Circuit Clerk, & Sheriff.

Cartledge W. Blackwell, Jr., Blackwell & Keith, Selma, Ala., for Dallas County — Probate Judge, Circuit Clerk, & Sheriff.

John H. England, Jr., England & Bivens, Tuscaloosa, Ala., for Greene County — Probate Judge, Sheriff, & Circuit Clerk.

Woodford W. Dinning, Jr., Lloyd, Dinning, Boggs & Dinning, Demopolis, Ala., for Marengo County — Probate Judge, Circuit Clerk, & Sheriff.

Wallace H. Lindsey, III, Butler, Ala., for Choctaw County — Sheriff, Circuit Clerk, & Judge of Probate.

Warren Rowe, Rowe, Rowe & Sawyer, Enterprise, Ala., for Coffee County — Probate Judge, Circuit Clerk, & Sheriff.

Henry B. Steagall, III, Steagall & Adams, Ozark, Ala., for Dale County — Probate Judge, Circuit Clerk & Sheriff.

Robert D. McWhorter, Jr., Buttram & McWhorter, Centre, Ala., for Cherokee County — Judge of Probate, Sheriff, & Circuit Clerk.

James W. Webb, Webb, Crumpton, & McGregor, Montgomery, Ala., Assoc. of County Comm — amicus curiae.

Ted Taylor, Prattville, Ala., for Autauga County — Probate Judge, Sheriff, & Circuit Clerk.

Tom Nicholson, Maddox, MacLaurin, Nicholson & Thornley, Jasper, Ala., for Walker County — Probate Judge, Circuit Clerk, & Sheriff.

Julian D. Butler, Butler & Royer, Huntsville, Ala., for Madison County — Judge of Probate, Circuit Clerk, & Sheriff.

John R. Phillips, Phillips & Rice, Anniston, Ala., for Calhoun County — Sheriff, Circuit Clerk, & Probate Judge.

James G. Lee, Lee, Barrett & Mullins, Tuscaloosa, Ala., for Tuscaloosa County.

B.J. McPherson, Oneonta, Ala., for Blount County — Judge of Probate, Circuit Clerk, & Sheriff.

Hellums & Meigs, Centreville, Ala., for Bibb County.

John Hollis Jackson, Jr., Clanton, Ala., for Chilton County — Circuit Clerk, Judge of Probate, & Sheriff.

Fine & Associates, Russellville, Ala., for Franklin County.

Wayne H. Smith, Heflin, Ala., for Cleburne County — Judge of Probate, Sheriff, & Circuit Clerk.

H. Edward McFerrin, Poole & McFerrin, Greenville, Ala., for Butler County — Probate Judge, Sheriff, & Circuit Clerk.

Alton L. Turner, Turner & Jones, Luverne, Ala., for Crenshaw County — Judge of Probate, Circuit Clerk, & Sheriff.

Jonathan A. (Alex) Brown, Young, Gosa & Brown, Vernon, Ala., for Lamar County.

Allen Grocholski, Holder, Moore & Grocholski, Fayette, Ala., for Fayette County.

Houston & Martin, Eufaula, Ala., for Barbour County — Judge of Probate, Circuit Clerk & Sheriff.

Charles S. Conley, Montgomery, Ala., for Macon County.

Frederick L. Fohrell, and H. William Wasden, Asst. Legal Advisors to the Governor, Montgomery, Ala., for defendant Hunt.

Joe Espy, III, Melton & Espy, Montgomery, Ala., for State Democratic Exec. Comm.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

The plaintiffs in this class-action lawsuit charge that the way in which black voters have been treated at polling places across Alabama and the manner in which poll officials have been appointed across the state violate § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1973.1 The plaintiffs, Charlie Harris and Mose Batie, are black citizens of Alabama...

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