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FRENCH v. BONER

No. 92-5325.

963 F.2d 890 (1992)

Charles FRENCH, Raymond Thomasson, Maryda Colowick, Marian L. Stevenson, Mary L. Crawley, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Mary Johnson, Intervening Plaintiff, v. Bill BONER, et al., Defendants, Metropolitan Government of Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 8, 1992.

Rehearing Denied June 9, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Barrett (argued and briefed), Douglas S. Johnston, Jr., Phillip A. Purcell, Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Patricia Jean Cottrell, James L. Charles, James L. Murphy (argued and briefed), Metro Legal Dept., Nashville, Tenn., for defendant-appellee.

Before: MERRITT, Chief Judge; KEITH, Circuit Judge; and CELEBREZZE, Senior Circuit Judge.

MERRITT, Chief Judge.

The question in this municipal reapportionment case is whether the Equal Protection Clause requires the City of Nashville to conduct new elections for 35 local legislators before their four-year terms expire in 1995. Nashville conducted its last city election for its 35 district council members according to a legislative apportionment plan based on the 1980 census figures rather than the 1990 census figures. The City held the election in August...

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