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PERRY v. CITY OF OPELOUSAS

Civ. A. No. 19576.

375 F.Supp. 1170 (1974)

Charles PERRY and Charles Hudson v. CITY OF OPELOUSAS.

United States District Court, W. D. Louisiana, Opelousas Division.

May 10, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon S. Haas, Jr., Richard B. Millspaugh, Opelousas, La., for plaintiffs.

Felix A. DeJean, III, James P. Doherty, Opelousas, La., for defendants.

Marion Overton White and Joshua J. Pitre, Opelousas, La., Gerald W. Jones and Michael Scadron, Civil Rights Div., Voting & Public Accommodations, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for intervenors.

NAUMAN S. SCOTT, District Judge:

JUDGMENT

On November 12, 1973, plaintiffs, a black registered voter and a white registered voter, filed a complaint against the City of Opelousas, its Mayor and its five aldermen. The complaint alleges that the current apportionment scheme is in violation of the "one man-one vote" principle and prays that the City of Opelousas be reapportioned accordingly. Under the current plan, the City is divided into four wards (voting...

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