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HALE COUNTY v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 77-0286.

496 F.Supp. 1206 (1980)

HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

September 4, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. McLean Pitts, Pitts & Thompson, Selma, Ala., Cartledge W. Blackwell, Jr., Gayle & Blackwell, Selma, Timothy Sullivan, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

S. Michael Scadron, Robert S. Berman, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Washington, D. C., for defendants.

Before EDWARD A. TAMM, Circuit Judge, JOHN LEWIS SMITH, Jr., District Judge and BARRINGTON D. PARKER, District Judge.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BARRINGTON D. PARKER, District Judge.

In this three-judge District Court proceeding we are called upon to determine whether three enactments of the Alabama Legislature establishing at-large elections for members of the County Commission of Hale County, Alabama comply with section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.1 Section 5 prohibits the enforcement of any change in voting procedures used by certain states...

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