N.A.A.C.P., INC. v. CITY OF COLUMBIA, S.C.

Civ. A. No. 3:92-914-17.

850 F.Supp. 404 (1993)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, INC., a New York nonprofit corporation; Columbia, South Carolina Branch of the NAACP; Norman P. Pendergrass, Sr.; Adell T. Adams; Beatrice T. McKnight; for themselves and for others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, a public body corporate; Robert D. Coble, individually and as Mayor of the City of Columbia; E.W. Cromartie, II, individually and as Mayor-Pro-Tem of the City of Columbia; Luther J. Battiste, III, individually and as Mayor-Pro-Tem of the City of Columbia; Francenia B. Heizer; Jim D.N. Papadea; Anne M. Sinclair; Hamilton Osborne, Jr., individually and as members of the Columbia City Council; Marsha Duffy, individually and as Chairperson of the City of Columbia Election Commission; Andrew J. Lewis; John E. Montgomery, individually and as members of the City of Columbia Election Commission; and Tony L. Coleman Myers and Joseph S. Azar, individually and as candidates for Columbia City Council, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Columbia Division.

August 26, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Harper II, Columbia, SC, Laughlin McDonald, American Civ. Liberties Union, Atlanta, GA, Willie Abrams, Dennis Courtland Hayes, NAACP Special Contribution Fund, Inc., Baltimore, MD, Kevin D. Kearse, Smalls Law Offices, Columbia, SC, for plaintiffs.

Roy Dawson Bates, James Shelton Meggs, Columbia, SC, Helen Tyler McFadden, Kingstree, SC, Katharine I. Butler, USC Law School, Columbia, SC, for defendants.


ORDER

JOSEPH F. ANDERSON, Jr., District Judge.

This is a voting rights action by two civil rights organizations and three African American voters of Columbia, South Carolina, challenging the method of electing members of the Columbia, South Carolina City Council (hereinafter "City Council") under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 et seq. (1988 & Supp. III 1991). The plaintiffs include the National Association...

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