FOREMAN v. DALLAS COUNTY, TEX.

No. CIV. A. 3:96-CV-2764-D.

990 F.Supp. 505 (1998)

B.C. FOREMAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Texas, Dallas Division.

January 8, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Gerald Hebert (argued), Alexandria, VA, Kenneth H. Molberg, Wilson, Williams, Molberg & Mitchell, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs.

Robert S. Bickerstaff, Jr., C. Robert Heath (argued), Bickerstaff, Heath, Smiley, Pollan, Kever & McDaniel, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Defendants.

Before PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge, and FITZWATER and MEANS, District Judges.


FITZWATER, District Judge:

In this action brought pursuant to § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973c, we must decide whether we have authority to award plaintiffs the election fees that they maintain they lost when we declined to enjoin a plan for selecting precinct election judges. Because we hold that our limited power precludes us from granting this relief, and because subsequent events have provided all other remedies that plaintiffs...

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