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BUCHANAN v. CITY OF JACKSON, TENN.

No. 77-1022.

683 F.Supp. 1537 (1988)

James L. BUCHANAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The CITY OF JACKSON, TENNESSEE, et al.

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

February 5, 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.

OPINION AND ORDER REJECTING DEFENDANTS' FIRST PROPOSED REMEDY

TODD, District Judge.

I. BACKGROUND

On January 5, 1988, the court filed a Memorandum Opinion and Order holding that the present system of at-large election of the Jackson, Tennessee, Board of Commissioners resulted in a denial or abridgement of plaintiffs' and other black persons' right to vote on account of race or color in violation of...

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