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DILLARD v. CHILTON COUNTY BD. OF EDUC.

Civ. A. Nos. 87-T-1178-N, 87-T-1179-N.

699 F.Supp. 870 (1988)

John DILLARD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CHILTON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, Defendant. John DILLARD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CHILTON COUNTY COMMISSION, Defendant.

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

June 23, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James U. Blacksher, Edward Still, Reeves & Still, Birmingham, Ala., Julius L. Chambers, Scherlyn Ifill, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Don Siegelman, Alabama Atty. Gen., Susan Russ, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of Atty. Gen., David Boyd, Balch & Bingham, Montgomery, Ala., John Hollis Jackson, Jr., Clanton, Ala., for defendant.

ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

The plaintiffs have brought these two lawsuits on behalf of all black citizens in Chilton County, Alabama.1 They charge that the "at-large" system used to elect the Chilton County Commission and Board of Education violates § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1973.2 The commission and the school board have admitted that...

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