WHITE v. STATE OF ALA.

Civ. A. No. 94-T-94-N.

867 F.Supp. 1519 (1994)

Hoover WHITE, et al., Plaintiffs, Ralph E. Bradford, etc., Mark G. Montiel, et al., Plaintiffs-Intervenors, v. The STATE OF ALABAMA; and James Bennett in his official capacity as Secretary of State for the State of Alabama, Defendants, Christopher Boehm, Defendant-Intervenor, United States of America, Amicus Curiae.

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

October 6, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry G. Davis, Terry G. Davis, P.C., Solomon S. Seay, Jr., Montgomery, AL, Samuel H. Heldman, Joe R. Whatley, Jr., Cooper, Mitch, Crawford, Kuydendall & Whatley, Birmingham, AL, for Hoover White, John A. Dillard, Glenn Moody.

Algert S. Agricola, Jr., Montgomery, AL, for Ralph E. Bradford, Sr.

James McGowin Williamson, Williamson & Williamson, Greenville, AL, for Christopher Boehm.

Albert L. Jordan, Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff, Byers & Brandt, Birmingham, AL, for Johnny Curry, Jack Williams, Mark G. Montiel.

Robert Marc Givhan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Donald V. Watkins, Donald V. Watkins, P.C., Montgomery, AL, Jonathan C. Rose, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, for State of Ala.

Robert Marc Givhan Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, AL, Jonathan C. Rose, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, for James Bennett.

Steven H. Rosenbaum, James P. Turner, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Voting Section, Mark A. Posner, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Washington, DC, Kenneth E. Vines, Charles Redding Pitt, U.S. Atty., Montgomery, AL, Matthew G. Olsen, U.S. Dept. of Justice; Civ. Rights Div., Deval L. Patrick, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Sp. Litigation Section, Washington, DC, for U.S.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.

In this lawsuit, three African-American plaintiffs — Hoover White, John A. Dillard, and Glenn Moody — claim that the current at-large system of electing Alabama appellate judges violates § 2 and § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1973, 1973c (West 1994).1 They name as defendants the State of Alabama...

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