McDANIELS v. MEHFOUD

Civ. A. No. 88-0020-R.

702 F.Supp. 588 (1988)

Mattie S. McDANIELS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Anthony P. MEHFOUD, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Richmond Division.

December 30, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Taylor, Hill, Tucker & Marsh, Gerald T. Zerkin, Karen L. Ely-Pierce, Gerald T. Zerkin & Associates, Richmond, Va., for the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia Foundation.

Susan L. Quig-Terry, American Civil Liberties Union, of Virginia Foundation, Richmond, Va., for plaintiffs.

R. Harvey Chappell, Jr., Paul W. Jacobs, II, Christian, Barton, Epps, Brent & Chappell, Joseph P. Rapisarda, Jr., W. Todd Benson, Joseph T. Tokarz, Office of the Co. Atty., County of Henrico, Richmond, Va., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM

MERHIGE, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on plaintiffs' complaint challenging the current method of electing the Board of supervisors in Henrico County, Virginia. Plaintiffs allege that the county districting plan, put into effect in 1981, impermissibly denies or abridges plaintiffs' rights to vote on account of race in violation of § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973, and was adopted and is being maintained...

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