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WRIGHT v. DOUGHERTY COUNTY, GA.

No. 03-12111. Non-Argument Calendar.

358 F.3d 1352 (2004)

William WRIGHT, George Hawthorne, Polly Cherry, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Joseph Howard, III, Rev., Plaintiff, v. DOUGHERTY COUNTY, GEORGIA, Lamar Reese, in his official capacity as a member of the Dougherty County Board of Commissioners, Lamar Hudgins, in his official capacity as a member of the Dougherty County Board of Commissioners, George Brown, in his official capacity as a member of the Dougherty County Board of Commissioners, Brenda Robinson-Cutler, in her official capacity as a member of the Dougherty County Board of Commissioners, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 9, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laughlin McDonald, Neil Bradley, Meredith Elaine Barnes Bell, A.C.L.U. Foundation, Inc., Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

David F. Walbert, Walbert & Mathis, Atlanta, GA, William A. Erwin, Hodges, Erwin, Hedrick & Coleman, LLP, Albany, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before TJOFLAT, MARCUS and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This case concerns the issue of standing to bring suit. Appellants are registered voters of Dougherty County, Georgia, District 5. They brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 42 U.S.C. § 1973, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, against appellees alleging that the current voting districts are malapportioned, and thus violated their Fourteenth Amendment guarantee of one person, one vote. They sought declaratory and injunctive relief against the further...

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