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MORRIS v. GRESSETTE

No. CA/75-1998.

425 F.Supp. 331 (1976)

Frances MORRIS and Maxine Woods, Plaintiffs, v. L. Marion GRESSETTE, President Pro Tem of the South Carolina Senate, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Charleston Division.

March 12, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Armand G. Derfner, Charleston, S.C., Paul R. Dimond, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Kenneth L. Childs, Treva G. Ashworth, Asst. Atty. Gen., Randall T. Bell, Columbia, S.C., for defendants.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Circuit Judge, RUSSELL, Circuit Judge, and HEMPHILL, District Judge.

DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs seek by this action to enjoin the enforcement of the South Carolina State Senate Reapportionment Act of 1972 (described as Act 1205 in the complaint)1 on the ground that such Act has never been validated as required by § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, § 1973c, 42 U.S.C.2 The background of the legislation under review and the litigation surrounding...

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