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BUSBEE v. SMITH

Civ. A. 82-0665.

549 F.Supp. 494 (1982)

George D. BUSBEE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. William French SMITH, et al., Defendants, William C. (Billy) Randall, Jr., et al., Intervenor-Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

Order August 24, 1982.

Memorandum Opinion September 21, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Bowers, Atty. Gen., Carol Atha Cosgrove, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Mark H. Cohen, Staff Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., Joseph W. Dorn, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Mark A. Posner, Paul F. Hancock, Civil Rights Div., Attys., Voting Section, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants.

Frank R. Parker, Barbara Y. Phillips, Washington, D.C., Laughlin McDonald, David Walbert, Atlanta, Ga., for intervenors-defendants.

Before EDWARDS, Circuit Judge, and ROBINSON and GREEN, District Judges.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

INTRODUCTION

This action was commenced by the State of Georgia pursuant to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973c. The State seeks a declaratory judgment from this Court that Act No. 5 of the 1981 Extraordinary Session of the Georgia General Assembly, which is the plan for reapportionment of the State's congressional districts, "does not have the purpose and will not have the effect of...

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