RURAL WEST TENNESSEE AFRICAN AMERICAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL, INC., et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
Don SUNDQUIST, Governor of the State of Tennessee, et al., Defendants.
Phillip R. Langsdon, et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
Riley Darnell, et al., Defendants.
United States District Court, W.D. Tennessee, Western Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
November 6, 1998.
November 6, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Bruce S. Kramer, Borod & Kramer, Memphis, TN, Richard Dinkins, Williams & Dinkins, Nashville, TN, Kathleen L. Wilde, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc., Atlanta, GA, Laughlin McDonald, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc., Atlanta, GA, Neil Bradley, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc., Atlanta, GA, Mary Wycokoff, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc., Atlanta, GA, Keenan Renoldo Keller, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York City, NY, Keenan R. Keller, The Advisory Board, Washington, DC, for Rural West Tennessee African-American Affairs Council, Inc., plaintiff.
Michael W. Catalano, Office of the Attorney General, Nashville, TN, for Ned McWherter, John Wilder, James Naifeh, Will Burns, Lenita McGraw, Janet Black, Judy Bishop, Ella Mae Esque, Spence Dupree, Bobby White, Linda Burnett, Don Sundquist, Brooks Thompson, defendants.
J. Robert Walker, III, Baker Donelson Bearman & Caldwell, Memphis, TN, John L. Ryder, Apperson Crump & Maxwell, Memphis, TN, Maclin P. Davis, Jr., Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, Nashville, TN, for Phillip R. Langsdon, plaintiff.
John H. Reinbold, Office of the Attorney General, Nashville, TN, Michael W. Catalano, Office of the Attorney General, Nashville, TN, for Ned McWherter, defendant.
United States District Court, W.D. Tennessee, Western Division.
ORDER
TURNER, District Judge.
Plaintiffs in this consolidated civil rights action assert a claim of vote dilution pursuant to § 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973.1 Specifically, the Rural West Tennessee African American Affairs Council and certain registered voters in Tennessee (the "Rural West plaintiffs"), along with Phillip R. Langsdon and other registered...
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