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BERRY v. DOLES

No. 76-1690.

438 U.S. 190 (1978)

98 S.Ct. 2692

57 L.Ed.2d 693

BERRY ET AL. v. DOLES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 26, 1978.

PER CURIAM.

This appeal presents a challenge to the scope of the remedy allowed by a three-judge District Court for the Middle District of Georgia for failure of appellees to comply with the approval provisions of § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 79 Stat. 439, as amended, 42 U. S. C. § 1973c (1970 ed., Supp. V).

In 1968, the State of Georgia enacted a statute intended to stagger the terms of the three members of the Peach County Board of Commissioners...

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