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CITY OF PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 509-72.

354 F.Supp. 1021 (1972)

CITY OF PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, municipal building, Petersburg, Virginia, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, and Richard G. Kleindienst, Attorney General of the United States, individually and in his official capacity, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. 20530, Defendants, and Charles P. Royall et al., Defendant-Intervenors.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

Judgment Affirmed March 5, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mozart G. Ratner, Washington, D. C., John S. Davenport, III, Richmond, Va., for plaintiff.

Peter Mear, Atty., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants.

W. H. C. Venable, Richmond, Va., for intervenors William Diamond et al.

Armand Derfner, Washington, D. C., for intervenors Royall et al.

Before MacKINNON, Circuit Judge, and GASCH and BRYANT, District Judges.

Judgment Affirmed March 5, 1973. See 93 S.Ct. 1441.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PER CURIAM:

The City of Petersburg, like all political subdivisions of the Commonwealth of Virginia, is required to clear changes in its voting procedures in accordance with Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 as amended, 79 Stat. 439; 42 U.S.C. § 1973c.1 The Supreme Court has held that annexations and the changes resulting therefrom may...

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