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JOHNSON v. HALIFAX COUNTY

Nos. 83-48-CIV-8, 83-88-CIV-8.

594 F.Supp. 161 (1984)

Horace JOHNSON, Sr., et al., Plaintiffs, v. HALIFAX COUNTY, et al., Defendants, UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. HALIFAX COUNTY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. North Carolina, Wilson Division.

July 10, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie J. Winner, Chambers, Ferguson, Watt, Wallas, Adkins, P.A., Charlotte, N.C., Jack Greenberg, Lani Guinier, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Steven H. Rosenbaum, Poli A. Marmolejos, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Washington, D.C., for United States.

Odes L. Stroupe, Jr., John R. McArthur, Hunton & Williams, Raleigh, N.C., for defendants.

REASONS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ORDER DATED JULY 2, 1984, GRANTING PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

JAMES C. FOX, District Judge.

The United States and the Johnson plaintiffs (19 black registered voters of Halifax County, North Carolina) sought a preliminary injunction concerning the 1984 elections for the Halifax County Board of Commissioners in order to ensure that the right to vote of black citizens of Halifax County is not denied or abridged in violation of Section...

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