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MOORE v. BEAUFORT COUNTY, N.C.

No. 90-3122.

936 F.2d 159 (1991)

David MOORE; Ernest Aldridge; Lynn Bolden; Chester Bright; Addie Clark; Willie Farrow; Ruth Mann; Timothy Moore; James Parker, Sr.; Velma Roland; David Williams, Jr., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. BEAUFORT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA; Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners; Ledrue Buck, in his capacity as chairman of the Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners; Frank Bonner; Cecil Cherry, Jr.; Arthur Lee Moore; Marion Dilday, in their capacity as Commissioners of Beaufort County, North Carolina, and their successors and agents; Beaufort County Board of Elections; Mary Van Dorp, Chairman of the Beaufort County Board of Elections and her successors and agents; Charlotte Nicholls, in her capacity as Supervisor of the Beaufort County Board of Elections, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 4, 1991.

As Amended June 21, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas A. Riley, Tharrington, Smith & Hargrove, argued, Raleigh, N.C. (Michael Crowell, Tharrington, Smith & Hargrove, on the brief, Raleigh, N.C.), for defendants-appellants.

John West Gresham, Ferguson, Stein, Watt, Wallas, Adkins & Gresham, argued, Charlotte, N.C. (Leslie J. Winner, Anita S. Hodgkiss, Ferguson, Stein, Watt, Wallas, Adkins & Gresham, on the brief, Charlotte, N.C.), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before RUSSELL, Circuit Judge, MICHAEL, United States District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, sitting by designation, and WILLIAMS, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

RICHARD L. WILLIAMS, District Judge:

Appellant Beaufort County appeals from the decision of the district court enforcing a settlement agreement. We find that the parties reached a complete agreement settling this case, and therefore affirm the decision below.

I.

Black voters of Beaufort County, North Carolina brought this class action under section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973. Although approximately 30% of the residents...

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