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HERRON v. KOCH

Nos. 81 Civ. 1956, 81 Civ. 1542 and 81 Civ. 5468.

523 F.Supp. 167 (1981)

Melville HERRON, and all persons similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. Edward I. KOCH, et al., Defendants. Carl ANDREWS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Edward I. KOCH, et al., Defendants. Gilberto GERENA-VALENTIN, and on behalf of Puerto Rican voters similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. Edward I. KOCH, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. New York. United States District Court, S. D. New York.

September 8, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Wooten, Brooklyn, N. Y., New York State Black & Puerto Rican Legislative Caucus, for plaintiff Melville Herron.

Kim Hoyt Sperduto, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, New York City, for plaintiffs in Andrews, et al. v. Koch, et al.

Gabe Kaimowitz, Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., New York City, for plaintiff Gerena-Valentin.

Patrick F. X. Mulhearn, New York City Law Dept., New York City, for defendants other than Stanley Friedman.

Paul A. Victor, New York City, for defendant Stanley Friedman.

Paul Hancock, Civil Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., John S. Martin, Jr., U. S. Atty., S. D. N. Y., New York City, of counsel, for the United States as amicus curiae.

Before KEARSE, Circuit Judge, and NEAHER and DUFFY, District Judges:

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

PER CURIAM.

This three-judge district court has been convened pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2284 to hear claims in three cases, consolidated for this purpose, that certain plans of the City of New York ("City") with respect to its primary and general elections scheduled for September 10 and November 2, 1981, respectively, violate § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended (hereafter "Voting Rights Act" or the "Act"), 42 U.S...

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