LANGSDON v. DARNELL

Nos. 92-2415-TUV, 92-2407-TUV.

9 F.Supp.2d 880 (1998)

Phillip R. LANGSDON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Riley DARNELL, et al., Defendants. RURAL WEST TENNESSEE AFRICAN AMERICAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Don SUNDQUIST, Governor of the State of Tennessee, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Tennessee, Western Division.

July 9, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce S. Kramer, Borod & Kramer, Memphis, TN, Laughlin McDonald, ACLU Foundation, Atlanta, GA, Richard Dinkins, Williams & Dinkins, Nashville, TN, Keenan R. Keller, Davis, Polk & Wardwell, New York City, for plaintiffs in No. 92-2407-TUV.

Michael W. Catalano, Associate Solicitor General, Office of Attorney General, Nashville, TN, for defendants in Nos. 92-2407-TUV, 92-2415-TUV.

John L. Ryder, Apperson, Crump, Memphis, TN, J. Robert Walker, III, Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell PC, Memphis, TN, Maclin P. Davis, Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell PC, Nashville, TN, for plaintiffs in No. 92-2415-TUV.


ORDER ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

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 voters in...

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