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VEREEN v. BEN HILL COUNTY, GA.

Civ. No. 88-4-ALB/AMER(DF).

743 F.Supp. 864 (1990)

Reverend George W. VEREEN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Georgia, Albany Division.

August 2, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laughlin McDonald, Neil Bradley, Kathleen Wilde, Dereck Alphran, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc., Atlanta, Ga., H. Christopher Coates, Milledgeville, Ga., for plaintiffs.

James E. Humes, II, Columbus, Ga., W. Ashley Hawkins, Forsyth, Ga., Phillip Hartley, Gainesville, Ga., F. Houser Pugh, Columbus, Ga., Ben B. Mills, Jr., Fitzgerald, Ga., David L. Mincey, Jr., Roberta, Ga., Charles R. Adams, III, Fort Valley, Ga., C. Truett Martin, Dawson, Ga., for defendants.

FITZPATRICK, District Judge.

Plaintiffs in the above styled complaint have brought suit against the defendants alleging that the practice of using grand juries to select members of county boards of education denies plaintiffs their rights guaranteed by the First, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution and violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973. Plaintiffs assert that the practice in question was...

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