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JOHNSON v. HAMRICK

No. 98-8896.

196 F.3d 1216 (1999)

Rose JOHNSON, Willie Faye Bush, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Robert HAMRICK, Emily Lawson, Mayor, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 19, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Brinson, Joseph B. Atkins, James D. Blitch, Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis, LLP, Rome, GA, James E. Palmour, III, Gainsville, GA, for Defendants-Appellants.

John M. Clark, Elberton, GA, Edward Still, Gilda R. Williams, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, Washington, DC, Willie L. Woodruff, Jr., Toccoa, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before ANDERSON, Chief Judge, BLACK, Circuit Judge, and FORRESTER, District Judge.

BLACK, Circuit Judge:

Defendants-Appellants, who are the current members of the Gainesville City Council, the current clerk of the Gainesville City Council, and the current City Manager for Gainesville (Appellants), appeal the judgment of the district court finding Gainesville's at-large method of electing city council members violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (Section 2), and enjoining Gainesville from conducting...

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