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DILLARD v. TOWN OF LOUISVILLE

Civ. A. No. 87-T-1249-N.

730 F.Supp. 1546 (1990)

John DILLARD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. TOWN OF LOUISVILLE, Defendant.

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

February 7, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James U. Blacksher, Birmingham, Ala., Edward Still, Reeves & Still, Birmingham, Ala., Julius L. Chambers, Scherlyn Ifill, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Don Siegelman, Alabama Atty. Gen., Office of Atty. Gen., David Boyd, Balch & Bingham, Montgomery, Ala., Boyd Whigham, Clayton, Ala., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

This cause is now before the court on a noteworthy redistricting plan submitted by an Alabama town subsequent to its admission that the present at-large system used to elect its council members violates § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended.1 The proposed plan provides for five single-member districts, of which two

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