EAST JEFFERSON COALITION v. JEFFERSON PARISH

Civ. A. No. 86-3668.

691 F.Supp. 991 (1988)

EAST JEFFERSON COALITION FOR LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT, et al. v. The PARISH OF JEFFERSON, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

July 12, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Anthony Moscona and Robert Schambach, Metairie, La., Ronald L. Wilson, Alice Jacobs, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs.

Harry A. Rosenberg, John P. Manard, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendants.

Anthony S. Taormina, Metairie, La., pro se.


MEMORANDUM DECISION

BEER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, the East Jefferson Coalition for Leadership and Development, the Lincoln Manor Civic Association, and a number of registered voters in Jefferson Parish brought suit against the Parish of Jefferson alleging that the current plan for apportioning the seats on the Jefferson Parish council violates § 2 et seq. of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended...

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