MARYLANDERS FOR FAIR REPRESENTATION, INC. v. SCHAEFER

Civ. Nos. S-92-510, S-92-1409.

795 F.Supp. 747 (1992)

MARYLANDERS FOR FAIR REPRESENTATION, INC., et al. v. William Donald SCHAEFER, et al. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR the ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, INC., et al. v. William Donald SCHAEFER, et al.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

June 15, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel L. Walters, Asst. Gen. Counsel, NAACP Sp. Contribution Fund, Deborah A. Jeon, American Civ. Liberties Union Foundation of Maryland, Baltimore, Md., and Perter C. Forbes, Morrison & Foerster, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Evelyn O. Cannon, Lucy A. Cardwell, Asst. Attys. Gen., Baltimore, Md., and Robert A. Zarnoch and Kathryn M. Rowe, Asst. Attys. Gen., Annapolis, Md., for defendants.

Before MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge and MOTZ and SMALKIN, District Judges.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

These two actions challenge the 1992 State legislative redistricting plan enacted by the Maryland General Assembly on the grounds that it violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 et seq., and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution.1 Civil No. S-92-510 is brought by Marylanders for Fair Representation, Inc. (alleged to be "a not-for-profit, non-partisan corporation")...

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