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LEWIS v. ALAMANCE COUNTY, N.C.

No. 95-2002.

99 F.3d 600 (1996)

Ernestine LEWIS; Sylvester J. Lewis, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Minnetta E. Hill, Plaintiff, v. ALAMANCE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, including its Board of Commissioners and Board of Elections, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 4, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Donnell Van Noppen, III, Patterson, Harkavy & Lawrence, Raleigh, NC, for Plaintiffs-Appellants. J. Michael Crowell, Tharrington, Smith, Raleigh, NC, for Defendant-Appellee. ON BRIEF: E. Hardy Lewis, Tharrington, Smith, Raleigh, NC; S.C. Kitchen, Alamance County Attorney, Graham, North Carolina, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, and LUTTIG and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge LUTTIG wrote the majority opinion, in which Chief Judge WILKINSON joined.

Chief Judge WILKINSON wrote a concurring opinion. Judge MICHAEL wrote a dissenting opinion.

OPINION

LUTTIG, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Ernestine and Sylvester Lewis, black voters of appellee Alamance County, North Carolina, challenged the County's at-large method of electing county commissioners, arguing that black citizens have been...

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