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JONES v. EDWARDS

Civ. A. No. 87-3864.

674 F.Supp. 1225 (1987)

Gloria Artigue JONES, et al. v. Edwin EDWARDS, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

October 16, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Quigley, Roy J. Rodney, Jr., New Orleans, La., Julius L. Chambers, Charles Stephen Ralston, Pamela S. Karlan, New York City, for plaintiffs.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Kendall L. Vick, Asst. Atty. Gen., Arthur J. Finn, Staff Atty. Louisiana Dept. of Justice, New Orleans, La., for defendants Edwin Edwards, James H. Brown, Jerry M. Fowler.

Habans & Bologna, Robert N. Habans, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendant A.E. Papale.

Before RUBIN, Circuit Judge, and McNAMARA and FELDMAN, District Judges.

ORDER and REASONS

FELDMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, a class of black registered voters residing in Orleans Parish, brought this action on behalf of all black registered voters similarly situated alleging violation of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973c.1 Specifically, plaintiffs contend that the manner in which the Orleans Parish Registrar of Voters conducted the annual voter canvass and purge...

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