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BACOTE v. CARTER

Civ. A. No. 15748.

343 F.Supp. 330 (1972)

C. A. BACOTE et al., Plaintiffs, v. Jimmy CARTER et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

May 17, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Parks, George L. Howell, Atlanta, Ga., Nathaniel R. Jones, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., Dorothy Y. Kirkley, Atlanta, Ga., Webb, Parker, Young & Ferguson, Atlanta, Ga., George P. Dillard, Herbert O. Edwards and Robert E. Mozley, Decatur, Ga., John R. McCannon, Jonesboro, Ga., for defendants.

Before BELL and MORGAN, Circuit Judges, and HENDERSON, District Judge.

OPINION AND ORDER

PER CURIAM.

This three-judge district court matter involves the redistricting of the Fifth Congressional district of Georgia to comport with the 1970 census. The gist of the complaint is that the black population was limited in the district by gerrymandering. The suit, as filed, was an attack on the redistricting statute adopted in 1971. However, there was a supervening change in the redistricting plan which change was accomplished by a...

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