DICKINSON v. INDIANA STATE ELECTION BD.

No. 90-2439.

933 F.2d 497 (1991)

G. Mae DICKINSON, Netra McCully and Thomas J. Wilson, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. INDIANA STATE ELECTION BOARD, Evan Bayh, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Indiana, and as an ex officio member of the Indiana State Election Board, and Alan K. Mills, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 21, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Swanson, Segal & Macey, William R. Groth, Fillenwarth, Dennerline, Groth & Baird, Stephen Laudig, Indianapolis, Ind., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., David M. Wallman, Kimberlie A. Forgey, Deputy Attys. Gen., Robert S. Spear, Chief Counsel, Federal Litigation, Alan K. Mills, Barnes & Thornburg, William M. Evans, Bose, McKinney & Evans, Carolyn Ann Session, Gladys F. Willis, Indianapolis, Ind., for defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD, Jr., and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs sued under section two (as amended) of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (1988) (Section Two), for relief from an alleged violation stemming from the Indiana General Assembly's 1981 apportionment. The complaint, filed March 2, 1990, challenged Indiana House Districts 49 and 51 and requested both a declaratory judgment that the districts violated Section Two and an injunction to revise the procedure for the then-upcoming...

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