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DILLARD v. CITY OF ELBA

Civ. A. No. 87-T-1201-N.

863 F.Supp. 1550 (1993)

John DILLARD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF ELBA, Defendant.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division.

October 20, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James U. Blacksher; Edward Still, Reeves & Still, Birmingham, AL, and Julius L. Chambers and Scherlyn Ifill, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Jimmy Evans, Alabama Atty. Gen., Mort P. Ames, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of Atty. Gen., Montgomery, AL, and Mark Vaughn, Elba, AL, for defendant.

ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.

In this lawsuit, a plaintiff class of African-Americans challenged the "at large" system used to elect councilmembers for defendant City of Elba, as violating § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1973. By order entered on April 1, 1988, the court approved a consent decree requiring that the 1988 elections for city council be conducted under a five single-member district plan...

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