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COUSIN v. McWHERTER

No. 94-5220.

46 F.3d 568 (1995)

Maxine B. COUSIN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Ned R. McWHERTER, Governor of Tennessee, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 14, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Dinkins, Jr., Williams & Dinkins, Nashville, TN, Myron Bernard McClary, Chattanooga, TN, Margaret Carey, Greenveille, MS, Laughlin McDonald (argued and briefed), American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Atlanta, GA, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Michael W. Catalano, Deputy Atty. Gen., Nashville, TN (argued and briefed), for defendants-appellants.

Before: KEITH, NORRIS, and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges.

KEITH, Circuit Judge.

Defendants-Appellants, Ned McWherter, the Governor of Tennessee; the Tennessee State Election Committee; Will Burns, the Coordinator of Elections; the Hamilton County Election Committee; and Steve Conrad, the Registrar-at-Large of Hamilton County ("Defendants"), appeal the judgment of the district court finding Hamilton County's at-large, circuit-wide method of electing judges violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42...

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