METTS v. ALMOND

C.A. No. 02-204T.

217 F.Supp.2d 252 (2002)

Harold METTS, Jean Wiggins, Bryan Evans, Stephanie Cruz, Urban League of Rhode Island, NAACP-Providence, and Black American Citizens Political Action Committee, Plaintiffs, v. Governor Lincoln ALMOND, Senate Majority Leader William Irons, Speaker of The House of Representatives John Harwood, Secretary of State Edward Inman III, and State Board of Elections Chairman Roger Begin, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

September 9, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce G. Pollock, West Warwick, RI, Anita S. Hodgkiss, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC, Bryan J. Wilson, Sunil R. Kulkarni, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Palo Alto, CA, for plaintiff.

John A. Tarantino, Adler, Pollock & Sheehan, Inc., Normand G. Benoit, Brian J. Spero, Eugene G. Bernardo, II, Partridge, Snow & Hahn LLP, Raymond A. Marcaccio, Thomas A. Palombo, Richard B. Woolley, Victoria Almeida, Patricia K. Rocha, Adler Pollock & Sheehan, Providence, RI, H. Reed Witherby, Esq., Smith & Duggan LLP, Boston, MA, for defendant.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TORRES, Chief Judge.

The plaintiffs brought this action pursuant to Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended ("Section 2" or the "VRA"), 42 U.S.C. § 1973 claiming that, the redistricting plan adopted by the State of Rhode Island, (the "Plan") "has the effect of denying black voters an equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice to the senate." Am. Compl. ¶ 31. They allege that, under the Plan...

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