AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTING RIGHTS LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, INC. v. STATE OF MO.

No. 4:92CV00973 ELF.

994 F.Supp. 1105 (1997)

AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTING RIGHTS LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, INC., Elbert A. Walton, Charles Q. Troupe, O.L. Shelton, Vernon Thompson, Errol S. Bush, Theodore Hoskins, Phillip B. Curls, Robert Bradley, Luretta B. Hawkins, St. Louis Council of Black Elected Officials, Inc., and Black Elected County Officials, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. STATE OF MISSOURI; Mel Carnahan; Rebecca Cook; Leo G. Stoff, George Mehan, Judith Coleman, Fred Kratkey, Board of Election Commissioners, City of St. Louis, Missouri; Vivian Schmidt, John Moten, Francis Barnes III, Patrick J. Hickey, Board of Election Commissioners, County of St. Louis, Missouri; James R. Willard, Cynthia L. Ewert, Junious Buchanan, Ann M. Presley, Board of Election Commissioners, Jackson County, Missouri; Stanley A. Grimm; Gary A. Fenner; Thomas F. Simon; Edward D. Robertson, Jr.; Mavis Thompson; Gene Overall; and Jaci Morgan; Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Missouri, Eastern Division.

February 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elbert A. Walton, Jr., St. Louis, MO, Larry D. Coleman, Kansas City, MO, for Plaintiffs.

Michael Boicourt, John R. Munich, Asst. Atty. Gens. of Missouri, Jefferson City, MO, Steven W. Garrett, Curtis and Oetting, St. Louis, MO, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM

FILIPPINE, District Judge.

Trial in this case, by mutual agreement of the parties, was bifurcated into liability and remedy components. This matter is now before the Court following a nonjury trial on the liability component.2 After consideration of the pleadings, the testimony and exhibits introduced at trial, the parties' briefs, and the applicable law, the Court enters the following memorandum, which it adopts...

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