WRIGHT v. CITY OF ALBANY

No. 1:03-CV-148-1(WLS).

306 F.Supp.2d 1228 (2003)

William WRIGHT, et. al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF ALBANY, et. al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Georgia, Albany Division.

December 24, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil T. Bradley, Laughlin McDonald, Meredith Elaine Barnes-Bell, Atlanta, GA, for William Wright, Emma A.D. Branch-Davenport, Loreen Jackson, Constance M. Burkes, John Burr, Bishop, plaintiffs.

Gregory L. Fullerton, Louis E. Hatcher, Albany, GA, for Jo Ann Pope.

Charles Nathan Davis, Donald A. Sweat, Albany, GA, for City of Albany, Georgia, Tommy Coleman, In His Official Capacity as Mayor of the City of Albany, Jon Howard, In His Official Capacity as Member of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Albany, Henry Mathis, In His Official Capacity as Member of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Albany, Arthur Williams, In His Official Capacity as Member of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Albany, Bo Dorough, In His Official Capacity as Member of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Albany, Bob Langstaff, Jr., In His Official Capacity as Member of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Albany, David Williams, In His Official Capacity as Member of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Albany, Carolyn Hatcher, In Her Official Capacity as Supervisor of Elections for Dougherty County, Georgia, defendants.


ORDER

SANDS, Chief Judge.

The right of its citizens to vote is an indispensable component of our constitution and representative form of government. It is equally important that the weight of votes among the citizens of the same governmental subdivision be equal. This long-standing constitutional principle is applicable to elections for our national officials and to those for the states and their political subdivisions.

The United States Constitution...

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