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BROOKS v. STATE BD. OF ELECTIONS

Civ. A. File No. CV288-146.

775 F.Supp. 1470 (1989)

Tyrone BROOKS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Georgia, Brunswick Division.

December 1, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laughlin McDonald, Kathleen L. Wilde, Neil Bradley, American Civ. Liberties Union Foundation, Inc., Atlanta, Ga., and J. Gerald Hebert, Atty. Voting Section Civ. Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

David F. Walbert, Atlanta, Ga., for defendants.

Edmund Booth, Asst. U.S. Atty., Augusta, Ga.

Before KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge, and EDENFIELD and BOWEN, District Judges.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

On July 13, 1988 plaintiffs commenced this action alleging violations of sections 2 and 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (currently codified as amended at 42 U.S.C. §§ 1973 and 1973c, respectively), as well as provisions of the first, thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution. The plaintiffs are black voters of Georgia, some of whom are elected officials of various Georgia

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