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NEAL v. COLEBURN

Civ. A. No. 87-0573-R.

689 F.Supp. 1426 (1988)

John S. NEAL, et al., Plaintiffs, v. J. Douglas COLEBURN, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Richmond Division.

June 27, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan L. Quig-Terry, ACLU of Virginia Foundation, Gerald T. Zerkin, Zerkin and Associates, Richmond, Va., for plaintiffs.

Mayo K. Gravatt, Gravatt & Gravatt, Blackstone, Va., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

RICHARD L. WILLIAMS, District Judge.

This case presents a voting rights challenge to the current method for electing the board of supervisors of Nottoway County, Virginia. The plaintiffs contend that the district lines drawn for the board's single-member districts impermissibly dilute the voting power of the County's black voters, in violation of the United States Constitution and § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. &...

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