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RITTER v. BENNETT

No. Civ.A. 98-T-991-N.

23 F.Supp.2d 1334 (1998)

Mark "Bo" RITTER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Jim BENNETT, in his capacity as Secretary of State of the State of Alabama, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division.

September 24, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark "Bo" Ritter, Florence, AL, plaintiff pro se.

A. Mark Ritter, Florence, AL, for Lewis Colley, Barry Hughes, C. Wayne Alexander, plaintiffs.

Charles E. Grainger, Jr., Asst. Atty. General, Alabama Secretary of State's Office, Montgomery, AL, for Jim Bennett, defendant.

John J. Park, Jr., Robert M. Weinberg, Office of the Attorney General, Montgomery, AL, for Bill Pryor, defendant.

Hugh R. Evans, III, Alabama Ethics Commission, Montgomery, AL, for Ethics Commission, of the State of Alabama, defendant.

Edward M. George, Jeffery A. Foshee, Foshee & Associates, Montgomery, AL, for Dewey Mitchell, Richard I. Proctor, Sandy Horsley, Jimmy Stubbs, Jasper Fielding, Raymond Uptagrafft, Clarence Watters, John H. Armstrong, defendants.

Before EMMETT R. COX, Circuit Judge, W. HAROLD ALBRITTON, Chief District Judge, and MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge:

This three-judge court has before it three claims alleging that the State of Alabama failed to obtain preclearance of certain matters in violation of § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1973c. The first claim is that the State failed to obtain preclearance of a financial-disclosure form that individuals seeking election to public office in Alabama are required...

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