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SMITH v. BOARD OF SUP'RS OF BRUNSWICK COUNTY

Civ. A. No. 3:91CV00599.

801 F.Supp. 1513 (1992)

George SMITH, et al., Plaintiffs, v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF BRUNSWICK COUNTY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Richmond Division.

As Amended June 10, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Pershing, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Virginia, Richmond, Va., Laughlin McDonald, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs.

Samuel Walters, Baltimore, Md., for NAACP.

Anne Gordon Greever, Sunhee Juhon, Joseph D. McCluskey, Lewis Powell, III, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Va., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SPENCER, District Judge.

This case presents a challenge to the voting redistricting plan adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Brunswick County, Virginia on July 31, 1991 ("July plan"). Plaintiffs contend that the July plan dilutes voting strength of minority voters in violation of § 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 and the fifteenth amendment of the United States Constitution.

This court properly retains...

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