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DILLARD v. BALDWIN COUNTY COM'N

Civ. A. No. 87-T-1159-N.

694 F.Supp. 836 (1988)

John DILLARD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. BALDWIN COUNTY COMMISSION, Defendant.

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

June 6, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James U. Blacksher, Mobile, Ala., Larry Menefee, Edward Still, Reeves & Still, Birmingham, Ala., Julius L. Chambers, Lani Guinier, Pamela Karlan, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, New York City, Allan R. Chason, Chason & Chason, Bay Minette, Ala., for plaintiffs.

Don Siegelman, Alabama Atty. Gen., Susan Russ, Asst. Atty. Gen., David Boyd, Balch & Bingham, Montgomery, Ala., Taylor D. Wilkins, Jr., Claude E. Bankester, Wilkins, Bankester & Biles, P.A., Bay Minette, Ala., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

The plaintiffs have brought this lawsuit on behalf of all black citizens in Baldwin County, Alabama.1 They charge that the at-large system used to elect the Baldwin County Commission violates § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1973.2 A violation of § 2 is established if official action was taken or maintained...

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