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BUCHANAN v. CITY OF JACKSON, TENN.

No. 77-1022.

683 F.Supp. 1515 (1988)

James L. BUCHANAN, W.K. Seals, and Genevieve R. Brooks, Plaintiffs, v. The CITY OF JACKSON, TENNESSEE; Board of Commissioners of the City of Jackson; Robert D. Conger, Individually and as Mayor and Commissioner of Public Affairs, Public Safety, Revenue and Finance; Ben Langford, Individually and as Commissioner of Education, Parks, Recreation and Public Property; and Johnny Parham, Individually and as Commissioner of Streets, Health and Sanitation and Public Improvements, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Tennessee, E.D.

As Amended February 23, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Dinkins, Nashville, Tenn., and Napoleon B. Williams, Jr., Legal Defense Fund, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Harold Johnson, Jackson, Tenn., and William S. Rhyne, Washington, D.C., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

TODD, District Judge.

I. HISTORY OF THE CASE

Plaintiffs filed this action in 1977 challenging the at-large electoral scheme for electing members of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Jackson, Tennessee. Plaintiffs are black voters of Jackson, each of whom has resided and has been active in civic affairs in Jackson for many years.1 The complaint was filed as a class action on behalf of all black...

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