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HARPER v. CITY OF CHICAGO HEIGHTS

Nos. 98-2785, 98-2811, 98-2899, 98-3004, 98-3051, 98-3075, 99-2007, 99-2008, 00-1503, 00-1515

223 F.3d 593 (2000)

Ron HARPER, Kevin Perkins, William Elliot, and Robert McCoy, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. CITY OF CHICAGO HEIGHTS and the Chicago Heights Election Commission, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, Ron Harper, Kevin Perkins, William Elliot, and Robert McCoy, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. Chicago Heights Park District, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, and David Orr, Cook County Clerk, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 27, 2000.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 28, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Craven (argued), Donald M. Craven, Craven & Thornton, Springfield, IL, J. Timothy Eaton (argued), Ungaretti & Harris, Judith Reed (argued), Depaul University, Michael P. Seng, Robert L. Anderson, Krohn, Jenkins & Anderson, Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Anthony A. Scariano (argued), Kelly A. Hayden, Scariano, Ellch, Himes, Sraga & Petrarca, Imelda Terrazino, Clausen Millerm David Lincoln Ader (argued), Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Cope & Bush, Donna M. Lach, Office of the State's Attorney of Cook County, James J. Casey, Ross & Hardies, Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellants.

Louise A. Lerner, Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae U.S.

Before KANNE, DIANE P. WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 28, 2000.

DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

The wheels of justice have turned slowly in this voting rights case, which began more than a decade ago and continues to accrete new appeals almost by the month. The finding of a violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1971 et seq., has long since been established. Part of the case before us concerns the remedy for that violation....

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