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TAYLOR v. HAYWOOD COUNTY, TENN.

Civ. A. No. 82-1138.

544 F.Supp. 1122 (1982)

Truly Mae TAYLOR, et al., Plaintiffs, v. HAYWOOD COUNTY, TENNESSEE et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Tennessee, E. D.

August 3, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Daniel, Robert Bruce McDuff, Memphis, Tenn., Nathan B. Pride, Gary Vanasek, Jackson, Tenn., for plaintiffs.

Lyle Reid, Brownsville, Tenn., Ernest Kelly, Jr., Memphis, Tenn., for defendants.

ORDER GRANTING PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

HORTON, District Judge.

This lawsuit arose out of dissatisfaction by the plaintiffs with a Private Act of the Tennessee General Assembly restructuring the method for election of Board of Highway Commissioners in Haywood County, Tennessee. That Private Act changes the election of Highway Commissioners from district elections to countywide at-large elections. Plaintiffs contend countywide at-large elections racially discriminate...

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