HAWTHORNE v. HURLEY

Civ. A. No. 89-T-381-S.

756 F.Supp. 527 (1990)

Thomas HAWTHORNE and Emory Newman, etc., Plaintiffs, Andre Keith, etc., Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. Jack HURLEY, etc., et al., Defendants.

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

December 21, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry G. Davis, Terry G. Davis, P.C., Montgomery, Ala., James U. Blacksher, John C. Falkenberry, Leslie Proll, Edward Still, Leslie Proll, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiffs.

Fred D. Gray, Tuskegee, Ala., Solomon Seay, Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiff-intervenor Keith.

Susan Russ, Montgomery, Ala., Fournier J. Gale, III, Gregory H. Hawley, Maynard, Cooper, Frierson & Gale, Birmingham, Ala., John H. England, Jr., England & Bivens, Tuscaloosa, Ala., James L. North, Birmingham, Ala., for Baker and State Democratic Committee.

Solomon Seay, Montgomery, Ala., for deponents Ala. Democratic Party.

Vincent H. Cohen, Anthony L. Sutin, John C. Keeney, Roger L. Patton, Jr., Washington, D.C., David Schoen, Montgomery, Ala., for Democratic Party of the U.S.

Christine A. Varney, General Counsel, Democratic Nat. Committee, Washington, D.C., for Democratic Nat. Committee.

Philip H. Smith, Talladega, Ala., for Talladega County Democratic Executive Committee.

Alston Keith, Jr., Selma, Ala., for Dallas County Democratic Executive Committee.

Clifford W. Cleveland, Prattville, Ala., for Autauga County Democratic Executive Committee.

Shelby Co. Democratic Executive Comm., Montevallo, Ala. pro se.

Winston Griggs, Henry Co. Dem. Executive Comm., Headline, Ala., pro se.

Raymond Bailey, Chair, Baileyton, Ala., for Cullman CDEC.

James Harris, Chair, Wedowee, Ala., for Randolph CDEC.

Dorman Walker, Montgomery, Ala., for CDECs: Geneva, Madison, St. Clair, Tuscaloosa, Pickens, Chambers, Bibb, Montgomery, Marion, Coffee, Lawrence, Marengo, Hale.

Gary White, Double Springs, Ala., for Winston CDEC.

J. Milton Coxwell, Jr., Monroeville, Ala., for Monroe CDEC.

Robert M. Seale, Livingston, Ala., for Sumter CDEC.

Wallace H. Lindsey, III, Butler, Ala., for Choctaw CDEC.

William T. Musgrove, Jr., Florence, Ala., for Lauderdale CDEC.

Lee B. Williams, Grove Hill, Ala., for Clarke CDEC.

Joe Macon, Wetumpka, Ala., for Elmore CDEC.

James M. Prestwood, Andalusia, Ala., for Covington CDEC.

Before JOHNSON, Circuit Judge, HOBBS, Chief District Judge, and THOMPSON, District Judge.


ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge:

In this action, plaintiffs Thomas Hawthorne, Emory Newman, and Andre Keith, on behalf of themselves and other African-American Democrats in Alabama, claimed that a change in the method used by defendant State Democratic Executive Committee to supplement its elected black membership had to be precleared under § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1973c. The court agreed that §...

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