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STATE OF GA. v. RENO

Civ. A. No. 90-2065.

881 F.Supp. 7 (1995)

STATE OF GEORGIA, Plaintiff, v. Janet RENO, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

February 3, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Carvin, Charles J. Cooper, Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge, Washington, DC, David Wolbert, Wolbert & Hermann, Michael J. Bowers, Atty. Gen. of the State of Ga., Carol Cosgrove, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, GA, for plaintiff.

John Tanner, Thomas Armstrong, Christopher Herren, Malik Cutlar, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Voting Section, Civil Rights Div., Donna Murphy, Mary D. Rodriguez, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Washington, DC, for defendants.

Before HENDERSON, Circuit Judge, JOHNSON and HARRIS, District Judges.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

STANLEY S. HARRIS, District Judge.

The State of Georgia brought this declaratory judgment action under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Act), 42 U.S.C. § 1973c, seeking a declaration that the Georgia legislature's creation of 62 elective superior court judgeships after November 1, 1964 "does not have the purpose and will not have the effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race or color." 42...

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