WILLIAMS v. CITY OF TEXARKANA, ARK.

Nos. 92-3475, 93-1713.

32 F.3d 1265 (1994)

Londell WILLIAMS; James Louis; Joyce Grissom; Mattie Roberson, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS, A Public Body Corporate; Bobby Ferguson, Mayor of the City of Texarkana, Arkansas; Bobby Ferguson, Individually and in his official capacity as a member of the Texarkana, Arkansas Board of Directors; Danny Gray, Individually and in his official capacity as member of the Texarkana, Arkansas Board of Directors; Hubert Easley, Individually and in his official capacity as member of the Texarkana, Arkansas Board of Directors; Jim Nicholas, Individually and in his official capacity as member of the Texarkana, Arkansas Board of Directors; Nelson Shaw, Individually and in his official capacity as a member of the Texarkana, Arkansas Board of Directors; Greg Giles, Individually and in his official capacity as a member of the Texarkana, Arkansas Board of Directors, Defendants-Appellants, Miller County, Arkansas Election Commission; David Orr, In his official capacity as member of the Miller County, Arkansas Election Commission; Lou Ann Dean, In her official capacity as member of the Miller County, Arkansas Election Commission; Margaret McRaney, In her official capacity as member of the Miller County, Arkansas Election Commission, Defendants-Appellees. Londell WILLIAMS; James Lewis; Joyce Grissom; Mattie Roberson, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS, a Public Body Corporate; Bobby Ferguson, Mayor of the City of Texarkana, Arkansas; Bobby Ferguson, Individually and in his capacity as member of the Texarkana, Arkansas Board of Directors; Danny Gray, Individually and in his official capacity as member of the Texarkana, Arkansas Board of Directors; Hubert Easley, Individually and in his official capacity as member of the Texarkana, Arkansas Board of Directors; Jim Nicholas, Individually and in his official capacity as member of the Texarkana, Arkansas Board of Directors; Nelson Shaw, Individually and in his official capacity as a member of the Texarkana, Arkansas Board of Directors; Greg Giles, Individually and in his official capacity as a member of the Texarkana Arkansas Board of Directors, Defendants-Appellants, v. The MILLER COUNTY, ARKANSAS ELECTION COMMISSION; David Orr, In his official capacity as member of the Miller County, Arkansas Election Commission; Lou Ann Dean, in her official capacity as member of the Miller County, Arkansas Election Commission; Margaret McRaney, In her official capacity as member of the Miller County, Arkansas Election Commission, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 12, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Perlesta Hollingsworth, Little Rock, AR, argued (Paul L. Dickerson, Texarkana, AR, on the brief), for appellants.

Mark Burnette, Little Rock, AR, argued, for Roberson.

Carlton Jones, Texarkana, AR, argued, for McRaney.

Before WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge, ROSS, Senior Circuit Judge, and KOPF, District Judge.


WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

The City of Texarkana, Arkansas, appeals from the district court's1 judgment ordering implementation of a remedial plan entered following the district court's ruling that the scheme for electing members of Texarkana's governing body violated section two of the Voting Rights Act (the Act), 42 U.S.C. § 1973. We affirm.

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