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CHAPMAN v. NICHOLSON

Civ. A. No. CV82-PT-1879-J.

579 F.Supp. 1504 (1984)

Larry CHAPMAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. John C. NICHOLSON, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Alabama, Jasper Division.

February 13, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hoyt Elliott, Hoyt Elliott, Jr., Jasper, Ala., for plaintiffs.

Morris W. Savage, Jasper, Ala., for defendants.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

PROPST, District Judge.

This voter dilution case came before the court for trial in Jasper, Alabama on December 14, 1983. Plaintiffs seek a determination that the City of Jasper's at-large system of electing city officials discriminates against black persons and as such violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended in 1982, 42 U.S.C. § 1973.1

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