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HOUSTON v. HALEY

No. WC84-132-LS-D.

663 F.Supp. 346 (1987)

Beatrice HOUSTON, Debra H. Corothers, Brenda Armstrong, and Mildred Quarles on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Pat W. HALEY, Milton Starnes, Patricia C. Lamar, Pat Tatum, Ed Cardwell, Aldermen of the City of Oxford, and John O. Leslie, Mayor, City of Oxford, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Mississippi, W.D.

May 21, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin Chambliss, Jr., Oxford, Miss., for plaintiffs.

Edwin F. Perry, Oxford, Miss., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SENTER, Chief Judge.

This action challenges the validity of the City of Oxford's plan to elect members to its board of aldermen, the body which governs the city. Plaintiffs allege that the proposed electoral scheme of electing four aldermen by single-member wards and one alderman at-large violates section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, particularly in view of the interpretation...

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