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RURAL W. TENN. AFRICAN-AMERICAN COUN. v. McWHERTER

No. 92-2415-TUBRO.

836 F.Supp. 447 (1993)

RURAL WEST TENNESSEE AFRICAN-AMERICAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Ned McWHERTER, et al., Defendants. Phillip R. LANGSDON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Bryant MILSAPS, et al., Defendants.

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

ORDER October 5, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Ryder, Apperson, Crump, Duzane & Maxwell, John Maxwell Walker, III, Heiskell, Donelson, Bearman, Memphis, TN, Maclin P. Davis, Jr., Heiskell, Donelson, Bearman, Nashville, TN, for the plaintiffs.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Michael W. Catalano, Deputy Atty. Gen., John H. Reinbold, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, TN, for defendants.

Before: MERRITT, Chief Circuit Judge; BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge, and TURNER, District Judge.

OPINION AND ORDER OF THREE-JUDGE COURT GRANTING LANGSDON PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

This case challenges Tennessee's most recent legislative reapportionment, effected by Chapter 836 of the Tennessee Public Acts of 1992. It arises under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973. A three-judge panel has been convened pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2284.

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