AFRICAN AMERICAN VOTING RIGHTS LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, INC. v. VILLA

No. 92-3826.

999 F.2d 1301 (1993)

AFRICAN AMERICAN VOTING RIGHTS LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, INC.; Charles Q. Troupe; Angela D. Walton, Plaintiffs, Freeman Bosley, Jr.; Bertha Mitchell, Appellants, Ida Ford; Charles Parker; Albert Banks; Carol Page; Luretta Hawkins; Elmer Otey; Jacqueline McGill, Plaintiffs, Sharon Tyus, Appellant, Laura Gordon; Alexis Johnson, Plaintiffs, Irving Clay; Claude Taylor, Appellants, v. Thomas A. VILLA, in his capacity as President, Board of Aldermen, City of St. Louis, Missouri; Vincent C. Schoemehl, in his capacity as Mayor, City of St. Louis, Missouri; Board of Aldermen, City of St. Louis, Missouri; City of St. Louis, Appellees. American Civil Liberties Union, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 4, 1993.

Order Denying Rehearing and Rehearing November 1, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judson Miner, Chicago, IL, argued for appellants.

Donna A. Smith, St. Louis, MO, on brief for amicus curiae American Civ. Liberties Union.

Julian Bush, St. Louis, MO, argued (James J. Wilson, Edward J. Hanlon and Michael Garvin, on brief), for appellees.

Before BOWMAN, Circuit Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and MAGILL, Circuit Judge.


Order Denying Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc November 1, 1993.

MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants appeal from the district court's1 order granting summary judgment to defendants-appellees, the Mayor of the City of St. Louis (the City), the President of the Board of Aldermen, and the Board of Aldermen. Appellants brought this action claiming the City's redistricting ordinance...

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