Alice Bruce PRESLEY, et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
ETOWAH COUNTY COMMISSION, Defendant.
United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Eastern Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
November 29, 1994.
November 29, 1994.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
James U. Blacksher, Leslie Proll, Birmingham, AL, Lanie Guinier, Philadelphia, PA, Pamela Karlan, Charlottesville, VA, Julius L. Chambers, Dana Cunningham, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, New York City, John C. Falkenberry, Sirote & Permutt, Edward Still, Birmingham, AL, for Ed Peter Mack, Nathaniel Gosha, III, Lawrence C. Presley, Floyd Donald, Walt Higgins, Daniel Littlefield, Alice Bruce Presley, Joyce Cowser Riggins, David L. Williams and Gladys A. Barnes.
James U. Blacksher, John C. Falkenberry, Edward Still, Birmingham, AL, for William America.
Bart Gregory Harmon, James W. Webb, Kendrick E. Webb, Webb & Eley, P.C., Montgomery, AL, for Russell County Com'n.
Jack Floyd, Mary Ann Stackhouse, Floyd, Keener, Cusimano & Roberts, Gadsden, AL, James E. Turnbach, Turnbach & Warren, P.C., Gadsden, AL, for Etowah County Com'n.
James W. Webb, Webb & Eley, P.C., Montgomery, AL, for Escambia County Com'n.
James P. Turner, Gerald W. Jones, J. Gerald Hebert, Jennifer C. Cass, Poli A. Marmolejos, Barry H. Weinberg, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Washington, DC, Redding Pitt, U.S. Atty., Montgomery, AL, for U.S. amicus.
United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Eastern Division.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.
In this lawsuit, plaintiffs — who represent a class of African-American residents of a majority-black electoral district in Etowah County, Alabama — charge that certain policies and practices of defendant Etowah County Commission deny them and the elected representative of their district the same rights and privileges enjoyed by the residents and elected representatives of majority-white...
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