Richard BARNETT, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
Richard M. DALEY, et al., Defendants-Appellees, and
Carole Bialczak, et al., Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued April 20, 1994.
Decided August 23, 1994.
As Amended October 19, 1994.
Rehearing Denied November 2, 1994.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Judson H. Miner (argued), Barack H. Obama, Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, Nathaniel R. Howse, R. Eugene Pincham, P. Scott Neville, Jr., Howse, Howse, Neville & Gray, Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs-appellants.
Lawrence Rosenthal, DCC, Benna R. Solomon, Andrew S. Mine (argued), Susan S. Sher, Office of the Corp. Counsel, Appeals Div., Chicago, IL, for Richard M. Daley.
Michael Levinson, Lawrence Rosenthal, DCC, Benna R. Solomon, Andrew S. Mine, Susan S. Sher, Office of the Corp. Counsel, Chicago, IL, for City Council of City of Chicago, Board of Election Com'rs of City of Chicago.
Michael Levinson, Lawrence Rosenthal, DCC, Benna R. Solomon, Andrew S. Mine, Susan S. Sher, James M. Scanlon, Rieff & Scanlon, Chicago, IL, for Board of Election Com'rs of City of Chicago.
Jerold S. Solovy, Barry Sullivan, Joel T. Pelz (argued), Thomas C. Buchele, Gar Patterson, Jenner & Block, Richard A. Devine, David A. Bonoma, Pope, Cahill & Devine, Donald Hubert, Hubert and Assoc., Chicago, IL, for Carole Bialczak, Thomas W. Murphy, Patrick Huels, James J. Laski, Anthony C. Laurino, Ginger Rugai, Patrick Levar, John Madrzyk, Theodore Mazola, Lemuel Austin, Jr., Edwin Eisendrath, Edward Burke, William J.P. Banks, Bernard L. Stone, Eugene Schulter, Richard Mell, Mary A. Smith, Ambrosio Medrano, Lorraine L. Dixon, Theris M. Gabinski, Ray Suarez, Burton Natarus, Bernard Hansen, Mark Fary, Michael A. Wojcik, Patrick O'Connor, Brian Doherty, John J. Buchanan.
Brenda Wright, Jaqueline A. Berrien, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC, for Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, amicus curiae.
Roslyn C. Lieb, Cynthia A. Wilson, Chicago Lawyers' Committee, Chicago, IL, for Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc., amicus curiae.
Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and RIPPLE and KANNE, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The Chicago City Council is composed of 50 aldermen, each elected from a different ward. Illinois law requires that the wards be redistricted after each decennial census. The latest redistricting plan was adopted by referendum (after the Council itself could not agree on a plan) in 1992, and is challenged in this suit by black voters who claim mainly that it violates both the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and section 2(b...
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