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DILLARD v. TOWN OF CUBA

Civ. A. Nos. 87-T-1194-N, 87-T-1307-N.

708 F.Supp. 1244 (1988)

John DILLARD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. TOWN OF CUBA, Defendant. John DILLARD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF WALDO, Defendant.

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

July 18, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James U. Blacksher, Larry Menefee, Edward Still, Reeves & Still, Birmingham, Ala., Julius L. Chambers, Scherlyn Ifill, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, New York City, for John Dillard, et al.

Don Siegelman, Alabama Atty. Gen., Susan Russ, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., David Boyd, Balch & Bingham, Montgomery, Ala., William C. Brewer, III, Livingston, Ala., for Town of Cuba.

O. Stanley Thornton, Wooten, Thornton, Carpenter, O'Brien & Lazenby, Talladega, Ala., Don Siegelman, Alabama Atty. Gen., Susan Russ, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of Atty. Gen., David Boyd, Balch & Bingham, Montgomery, Ala., for City of Waldo.

ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

The issue before the court is whether two `limited voting' schemes, suggested by the parties in settlement of these two class-action lawsuits, are acceptable under § 2 et seq. of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1973 et seq.1 The court concludes, for the following reasons, that they are.

I.

The plaintiffs have brought these two lawsuits...

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