NASH v. BLUNT

No. 91-0840-CV-W-2.

797 F.Supp. 1488 (1992)

Alvin NASH, Earl Pitts, African American Voting Rights Legal Defense Fund, Inc., Charles Troupe, Theodore Hoskins, Ada Hill, Plaintiffs, v. Roy BLUNT, in his official capacity as Secretary of State of the State of Missouri, Defendant, Thomas Stoff, Neil Molloy, Patrick Dougherty, Francis Brady, Henry Bufkins, Matt O'Neill, Gail Chatfield, Charles Dooley, Ron Auer, Melvin Weems, Myron Paris, John Lodwick, Jr., Jack Holland, Richard DeCoster, David Childers, Sharon Carpenter, Paula Carter, Russell Goward, Richard Dorsey, Intervenor-Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Missouri, W.D.

July 15, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Pendleton, Kansas City, Mo., for plaintiffs Alvin Nash and Earl Pitts.

Elbert A. Walton, Jr., Elbert A. Walton, Jr., P.C., St. Louis, Mo., for plaintiff African American Voting Rights Legal Defense Fund, Inc.

Veronica Jongenelen, Benson & McKay, Kansas City, Mo., for intervenors Melvin Weems, Myron Paris, John Lodwick, Jr., Jack Holland, Richard J. DeCoster, David Childers, Sharon Q. Carpenter.

Patrick J. Connaghan, St. Louis, Mo., Michael D. Fitzgerald, Van Osdol, Magruder, Erickson & Redmond, P.C., James M. Smart, Jr., Crews, Smarat, Whitehead, Brownlee & Waits, Kansas City, Mo., Steven W. Garrett, Curtis, Oetting, Heinz, Garrett & Soule, P.C., Clayton, Mo., for intervenors Thomas P. Stoff, Neil Molloy, Patrick Dougherty, Francis R. Brady, Henry Bufkins, Matt O. O'Neill, Gail Chatfield, Charles Dooley and Ron Auer.

Maryella Kelly, St. Charles, Mo., for intervenor Richard P. Dorsey.

Paula J. Carter, State Representative of the 56th Legislative Dist. in the City of St. Louis, pro se.

Russell Goward, State Representative of the 60th Legislative Dist. in the City of St. Louis, pro se.

Asst. Atty. Gen. Michael L. Boicourt, Jefferson City, Mo., for defendant Roy D. Blunt, in his official capacity as Secretary of State of the State of Missouri.

Before GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, SACHS, Chief District Judge, and GAITAN, District Judge.


GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

On September 20 and 23, 1991, lawsuits challenging the Missouri House Redistricting Commission's (hereinafter "the Commission") house redistricting plan1 were filed in the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri, respectively. On December 18, the two cases were consolidated before this three-judge court in the Western District of Missouri. The plaintiffs and defendants entered into a proposed settlement...

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