U.S. v. CITY OF EUCLID

No. 1:06cv01652.

580 F.Supp.2d 584 (2008)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF EUCLID, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Ohio, Eastern Division.

April 16, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wan J. Kim, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, Christopher Coates, Abel Gomez, Sean W. O'Donnell, Sonya L. Sacks, U.S. Department Of Justice-Voting Section/Civil Rights Div., Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

Brian P. Riley, Hilary S. Taylor, John S. Kluznik, Sr., Warren M. Rosman, Weston Hurd, Cleveland, OH, L. Christopher Frey, City Of Euclid, Department of Law, Euclid, OH, Julius E. Trombetto, Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder, Solon, OH, David G. Lambert, Frederick W. Whatley, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Cleveland, OH, for Defendants.


ORDER

KATHLEEN McDONALD O'MALLEY, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

On July 10, 2006, the United States (the "government") filed a complaint, alleging that the City of Euclid's ("Euclid" or the "City") method of electing its City Council, using a combination of single-member districts and slotted, at-large positions, results in the dilution of African-American voting strength, in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, as amended...

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