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HARVELL v. LADD

No. J-C-89-225.

759 F.Supp. 525 (1991)

Shirley HARVELL; Rev. Emmanuel Lofton; Hattie Middlebrook; Mary Alice Jones; and Jacquelin Henton, Plaintiffs, v. Dr. Frank LADD, Individually and in his Official Capacity as Superintendent of the Blytheville, Arkansas School District No. 5; The Blytheville, Arkansas School District No. 5, A Public Body Corporate; The Board of Directors of the Blytheville, Arkansas School District No. 5; and the Individual Board Members, William "Bill" Thominson; Norvell Moore; William "Bill" Sullivan; Harold Sudberry; Helen Nunn; Karen Frazier; Steve Littrell; and William "Bill" Stovell, Jr., Individually and in their Official Capacities as School Board Members of the Blytheville, Arkansas School District No. 5, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, Jonesboro Division.

March 19, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Walker, P.A., Wiley A. Branton, Jr., Little Rock, Ark., for plaintiffs.

Robert V. Light, Friday, Eldredge & Clark, Little Rock, Ark., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

REASONER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs brought this action pursuant to § 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973, as amended. Plaintiffs contend that the current at-large election scheme for electing school board directors in the Blytheville, Arkansas School District No. 5 violates the Act by effectively denying the black minority voters in the district an equal opportunity to participate in the political process and to...

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