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MACK v. RUSSELL COUNTY COM'N

Civ. A. No. 89-T-459-E.

840 F.Supp. 869 (1993)

Ed Peter MACK, et al., Plaintiffs, v. RUSSELL COUNTY COMMISSION, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, E.D.

December 21, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James U. Blacksher, John C. Falkenberry, Leslie Proll, Edward Still, Birmingham, AL, Julius L. Chambers, Dana Cunningham, New York City, Lani Guinier, Law School of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Pamela Karlan, University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA, for Ed Mack, Nathaniel Gosha, III, Lawrence C. Presley, Floyd Donald, Walt Higgins, Daniel Littlefield, Alice B. Presley, Joyce C. Riggins, David L. Williams, Gladys A. Barnes.

James U. Blacksher, John C. Falkenberry, Edward Still, Birmingham, AL, for William America.

Bart Gregory Harmon, James W. Webb, Kendrick E. Webb, Webb & Eley, P.C., Montgomery, AL, for Russell County Com'n.

Jack Floyd, Mary Ann Stackhouse, Floyd, Keener, Cusimano & Roberts, Gadsden, AL, for Etowah County Com'n.

James W. Webb, Webb & Eley, P.C., Montgomery, AL, for Escambia County Com'n.

James Eldon Wilson, U.S. Atty's Office, Montgomery, AL, James P. Turner, Gerald W. Jones, J. Gerald Hebert, Jennifer C. Cass, Poli A. Marmolejos, Barry H. Weinberg, U.S. Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Div., Voting Section, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae U.S.

Before JOHNSON, Senior Circuit Judge, THOMPSON, Chief District Judge, and HOBBS, Senior District Judge.

ORDER

PER CURIAM:

This three-judge district court was convened pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 2284 (West 1978 & Supp.1993) to hear plaintiffs' claims under § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1973c (West 1981). Plaintiffs argued that three resolutions, one passed by defendant Russell County Commission and two passed by defendant Etowah County Commission, constituted changes in a "standard, practice, or procedure with...

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