BARNETT v. DALEY

No. 92 C 1683.

809 F.Supp. 1323 (1992)

Richard BARNETT, Timuel Black, Rosemary Oliver, Eddie Read, Georgia Trevan, Conrad Worrill, Chauncery Stroud, Leonard Owens and Eugene Ford, Plaintiffs, v. Richard M. DALEY, as Mayor of the City of Chicago, Ill., and as Chairman of the Chicago, Illinois City Council; and Theodore Mazola, Bobby L. Rush, Dorothy Tillman, Toni Preckwinkle, Lawrence Bloom, John O. Steele, William Beavers, Lorraine Dixon, Robert Shaw, John Buchanan, Patrick M. Huels, Mark J. Fary, John S. Madrzyk, Edward Burke, Virgil E. Jones, Shirley Coleman, Allan Streeter, Thomas Murphy, Ginger Rugai, Arenda Troutman, Jesse Evans, Jesus Garcia, James Laski, Jesse Miller Jr., Ambrosio Medrano, Luis Gutierrez, Rickey Hendon, Ed H. Smith, Sam Burrel, Carole Bialczak, Ray Suarez, Terry M. Gabinski, Richard F. Mell, Lemuel Austin Jr., Michael A. Wojcik, William J.P. Banks, Percy Z. Giles, Thomas W. Cullerton, Anthony C. Laurino, Patrick J. O'Connor, Brian Doherty, Burton F. Natarus, Edwin Eisendrath, Bernard J. Hansen, Patrick J. Levar, Helen Shiller, Eugene C. Schulter, Mary Ann Smith, Joseph A. Moore, Bernard L. Stone, as Alderpersons and as Members of the City Council of the City of Chicago, Illinois; and Michael J. Hamblet, Arnette Hubbard, and Chris Robling, as Members of the Chicago Illinois Board of Election, Defendants. Ed H. SMITH, Allan Streeter, Helen Shiller, John O. Steele, Dorothy Tillman, Lawrence S. Bloom, Robert Shaw, Jesse J. Evans, Bobby L. Rush, Percy Giles, William M. Beavers, Toni Preckwinkle, Rickey Hendon, Joe Moore, Arenda Troutman, Shirley A. Coleman, Virgil E. Jones, Jesse Miller, Sam Burrell, and Political Action Conference of Illinois, Individually and on Behalf of all Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. Richard M. DALEY, City Council of the City of Chicago, and Board of Election Commissioners of Chicago, Defendants, and Carole Bialczak, Thomas Murphy, Luis Gutierrez, Patrick M. Huels, James Laski, Anthony C. Laurino, Ginger Rugai, Patrick J. Levar, John S. Madrzyk, Theodore Mazola, Lemuel Austin, Jr., Edwin Eisendrath, Edward Burke, William J.P. Banks, Bernard L. Stone, Eugene C. Schulter, John Buchanan, Mary Ann Smith, Brian Doherty, Ambrosio Medrano, Lorraine L. Dixon, Theris M. Gabinski, Ray Suarez, Burton F. Natarus, Bernard J. Hansen, Richard F. Mell, Thomas W. Cullerton, Mark Fary, Patrick J. O'Connor, and Michael J. Wojcik, Defendant Intervenors.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

December 21, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathaniel R. Howse, Howse & Howse, R. Eugene Pincham, Philander Scott Neville, Jr., Chicago, IL, for Richard Barnett, Tim Black, Rosemary Oliver, Leonard Owens and Eugene Ford.

Kelly Raymond Welsh, Susan R. Lichtenstein, Andrew S. Mine, City of Chicago, Law Dept., Corp. Counsel, Chicago, IL, for Richard M. Daley.

Joel T. Pelz, Jerold Sherwin Solovy, Barry Sullivan, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, for Theodore Mazola, Lorraine Dixon, John Buchanan, Patrick M. Huels, Mark J. Fary, John S. Madrzyk, Edward M. Burke, Thomas Murphy, Ginger Rugai, James J. Laski, Ambrosio Medrano, Luis Gutierrez, Carole Bialczak, Ray Suarez, Terry M. Gabinski, Richard F. Mell, Lemuel Austin, Jr., Michael A. Wojcik, William J.P. Banks, Percy Z. Giles, Thomas W. Cullerton, Anthony C. Laurino, Patrick J. O'Connor, Brian Doherty, Burton F. Natarus, Edwin Eisendrath, Bernard J. Hansen, Patrick J. Levar, Eugene C. Schulter, Mary Ann Smith and Bernard L. Stone.

Matthew J. Piers, Jonathan A. Rothstein, Vanessa Jean Weathersby, Gessler, Flynn, Fleischmann, Hughes & Socol, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Jesus Garcia.

Michael Levinson, Board of Election Com'r., Chicago, IL, for Michael J. Hamblet, Arnette Hubbard and Chris Robling.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

BRIAN BARNETT DUFF, District Judge.

In these consolidated cases, two separate groups of plaintiffs challenge the redistricting of Chicago's wards. In Barnett, a group of African-American, registered voters in the City of Chicago (the "Barnett Plaintiffs") allege that both the redistricting process and the resultant map are unconstitutional and violate the Voting Rights Act. In Smith, a group of African-American and...

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