JEFFERS v. CLINTON

No. H-C-89-004.

812 F.Supp. 907 (1993)

M.C. JEFFERS, Al Porter, Evangeline Brown, Clyde Collins, Earl Foster, the Rev. Ellihue Gaylord, Shirley M. Harvell, Linda Shelby, J.C. Jeffries, Joseph Perry, Clinton Richardson, T.E. Patterson, Earnest Simpson, Brian Smith, and Charlie Statewright, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. Bill CLINTON, In His Official Capacity as Governor of Arkansas and Chairman of the Arkansas Board of Apportionment; W.J. McCuen, In His Official Capacity as Secretary of State of Arkansas and Member of the Arkansas Board of Apportionment; and Winston Bryant, In His Official Capacity as Attorney General of Arkansas and Member of the Arkansas Board of Apportionment, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, E.D.

February 23, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Olly Neal, Kathleen Bell, Wilson, Bell & Neal, Helena, AR, P.A. Hollingsworth, Hollingworth Law Firm, Little Rock, AR, Don E. Glover, Dermott, AR, Penda D. Hair, Washington, DC, Julius L. Chambers, Sherrilyn Ifill, New York City, L.T. Simes, Simes & Associates, West Helena, AR, for plaintiffs.

Frank J. Wills, II, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, AR, for defendants.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Circuit Judge, EISELE, Senior District Judge, and HOWARD, District Judge.


RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs in this voting-rights case have objected to particular aspects of the 1991 Arkansas Apportionment Plan, which draws the election-district lines for the Arkansas House and Senate. The defendants, members of the State Board of Apportionment, urge summary judgment rejecting some of the plaintiffs' objections to the Plan. The defendants claim that the Plan is the result of a settlement agreement upon which they should...

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