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DILLARD v. CITY OF GREENSBORO

Civ. A. No. 87-T-1223-N.

865 F.Supp. 773 (1994)

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

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

October 11, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Richard H. Gill, Copeland, Franco, Screws & Gill, P.A., Montgomery, AL, Nicholas H. Cobbs, Jr., Greensboro, AL, David R. Boyd, Balch & Bingham, Montgomery, AL, Mortimer Parker Ames, III, James H. Evans, Office of the Atty. Gen., Montgomery, AL, for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.

The plaintiffs brought this lawsuit against defendant City of Greensboro, Alabama almost seven years ago, claiming that the at-large system used to elect the Greensboro City Council violated § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1973. The plaintiffs sued on behalf of themselves and all other African-American citizens in the city. They alleged that, under the at...

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