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CHISOM v. EDWARDS

Civ. A. No. 86-4075.

690 F.Supp. 1524 (1988)

Ronald CHISOM, et al. v. Edwin EDWARDS, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

As Amended July 28, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Quigley, New Orleans, La., Pamela S. Karlan, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Robert G. Pugh, Shreveport, La., for defendants.

Peter C. Butler, New Orleans, La., for Justice Walter F. Marcus Jr., Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, amicus curiae.

Charles A. Kronlage Jr., New Orleans, La., for Justice Pascal F. Calogero Jr., Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, amicus curiae.

Ira J. Rosenzweig, New Orleans, La., for John A. Dixon Jr., Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, amicus curiae.

OPINION

CHARLES SCHWARTZ, Jr., District Judge.

This matter came before the Court on June 29, 1988 for hearing on plaintiff's motion for preliminary injunction. For the following reasons, the Court now GRANTS the motion.

This is a voting discrimination case. Plaintiffs allege that the present system for electing the two Louisiana Supreme Court Justices from New Orleans area improperly dilutes the voting strength of black Orleans Parish voters. Plaintiffs...

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