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U.S. v. CITY OF EASTPOINTE

Civil Action No. 4:17-CV-10079 (TGB) (DRG).

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF EASTPOINTE; EASTPOINTE CITY COUNCIL; SUZANNE PIXLEY, in her official capacity as Mayor of Eastpointe; CARDI DEMONACO JR., MICHAEL KLINEFELT, SARAH LUCIDO, and MONIQUE OWENS, in their official capacities as members of the Eastpointe City Council; and JOSEPH SOBOTA, in his official capacity as Eastpointe City Clerk, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

June 26, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1331
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights
Nature of Suit: 441 Civil Rights: Voting
Source: PACER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

United States of America, Plaintiff, represented by George Eppsteiner , Civil Rights Division, Jasmyn G. Richardson , U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, Luttrell Levingston , U.S. Department of Justice & Daniel J. Freeman , U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division.

City of Eastpointe, Eastpointe City Council, Suzanne Pixley, in her official capacity as Mayor of Eastpointe, Cardi DeMonaco, in his official capacity as a member of the Eastpointe City Council, Michael Klinefelt, in his official capacity as a member of the Eastpointe City Council, Sarah Lucido, in her official capacity as a member of the Eastpointe City Council, John Marion, in his official capacity as a member of the Eastpointe City Council & Steve Duchane, in his official capacity as Eastpointe City Clerk, Defendants, represented by Angela B. Gabel , ABG Law Office, Richard S. Albright , Ihrie, O'Brien & Robert D. Ihrie , Ihrie, O'Brien.

CONSENT JUDGMENT AND DECREE

The Attorney General filed this action to enforce Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 52 U.S.C. § 10301. The complaint alleges that the current at-large, multiple-vote method of electing the Eastpointe City Council results in black citizens of the...

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