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METRO. PITTSBURGH CRUSADE FOR VOTERS v. PITTSBURGH

Civ. A. No. 86-173.

727 F.Supp. 969 (1989)

METROPOLITAN PITTSBURGH CRUSADE FOR VOTERS, and unincorporated membership organization, Thomas E. Smith, Florence Bridges, Roy A. Holmes, Reginald D. Plato, Isaac J. Saxon, Claude J. Jones, Isaac Wade, Ronald L. Suber, and Marshall Ross, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, a municipal corporation; Richard Caliguiri, Mayor, Eugene DePasquale, Ben Woods, Mark Pollock, Sophie Masloff, Michell Madoff, Richard Givens, Stephen Grabowski, Jack Wagner, James O'Malley, members of the Pittsburgh City Council; Allegheny County Board of Elections; Tom Forester, Pete Flaherty, Barbara Hafer, Commissioners; Allegheny County Democratic Committee; Edward Stephens, Chairman; Allegheny County Department of Elections; James Scanlon, Director, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

December 27, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Henderson, Pittsburgh, Pa., William L. Robinson, and Samuel Issacharoff, for plaintiffs.

Robert L. Byer, Pittsburgh, Pa., Allan J. Opsitnick, Verona, Pa., Robert B. Smith, Vincent R. Fontana, New York City, and John F. Cambest, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendants.

OPINION

ZIEGLER, District Judge.

The Metropolitan Pittsburgh Crusade for Voters and nine individuals filed this civil action for declaratory and injunctive relief on January 22, 1986 on behalf of all black residents in the City of Pittsburgh. Upon the motion of plaintiffs, the court certified a class of "All black citizens of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania" pursuant to Rule 23(b)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. At the commencement of this...

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