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McNEIL v. SPRINGFIELD PARK DIST.

No. 87-2478.

851 F.2d 937 (1988)

Frank McNEIL, et al., individually and as representatives of a certified class, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SPRINGFIELD PARK DISTRICT and Springfield School District No. 186, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 8, 1988.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 21, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. McDuff, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Paul Bown, Brown, Hay & Stephens, Springfield, Ill., Andrea R. Waintroob, Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, CUDAHY and MANION, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 21, 1988.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

On January 17, 1987, the district court held that the at-large system for electing members to Springfield's city council violated section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (1982). McNeil v. City of Springfield, 658 F.Supp. 1015 (C.D.Ill.1987). Plaintiffs in that case — five black registered voters residing...

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