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DOI v. BELL

Civ. No. 77-0256.

449 F.Supp. 267 (1978)

Nelson K. DOI, in his capacity as Lieutenant Governor of the State of Hawaii, Rudolph B. Legaspi, in his capacity as County Clerk of Hawaii, Eileen K. Lota, in her capacity as City Clerk for the City and County of Honolulu, Tad T. Miura, in his capacity as County Clerk of Kauai, and James Ushijima, in his capacity as County Clerk of Maui, Plaintiffs, v. Griffin B. BELL, in his capacity as Attorney General for the United States of America, and Manuel D. Plotkin, in his capacity as Director, Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce of the United States of America, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Hawaii.

March 28, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall Y. Iwase, Deputy Atty. Gen., Ronald Y. Amemiya, Atty. Gen., State of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiffs.

S. Michael Scadron, Atty., Civil Rights Div., Drew S. Days, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Harold M. Fong, U. S. Atty., D. Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendants.

DECISION AND ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR FURTHER SUMMARY JUDGMENT

SAMUEL P. KING, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs'1 motion for summary judgment presents questions as to the interpretation of the bilingual election requirements of Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act.2

These requirements were added to the Voting Rights Act of 19653 by the Voting Rights Act Amendment of 1975...

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