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ROBINSON v. ALABAMA STATE DEPT. OF EDUC.

Civ. A. No. 86-T-569-N.

652 F.Supp. 484 (1987)

Queen Esther ROBINSON; et al., Plaintiffs, v. The ALABAMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, N.D.

January 26, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solomon S. Seay, Jr., Seay & Davis, Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiffs.

Robert C. Campbell, III, Sintz, Campbell, Duke, Taylor & Cunningham, Mobile, Ala., George B. Azar, Azar, Campbell & Azar, Montgomery, Ala., for all City of Marion defendants.

Charles S. Coody, Office of General Counsel, Alabama Dept. of Educ., Montgomery, Ala., for all State defendants.

Before GODBOLD, Circuit Judge, HAND, Chief Judge, and THOMPSON, District Judge.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge:

The issue before this three-judge court is whether a 1965 resolution of the City Council of Marion, Alabama, transferring supervision and control of public schools within the city from an elected county board of education to an appointed city board of education, was a change requiring federal preclearance under § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42...

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