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N.A.A.C.P. v. KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C.

Civ. A. No. 3:90-1132-19.

838 F.Supp. 237 (1993)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. KERSHAW COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Columbia Division.

November 24, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Harper, II, Columbia, SC, and Willie Abrams, NAACP Sp. Contribution Fund, Inc., Baltimore, MD, for plaintiffs.

J. Kennedy Dubose, Jr., Holland, Dubose & Cushman, of Camden, SC, Helen T. McFadden, of Kingstree, SC, Roy Dawson Bates, Columbia, SC, and Carl R. Reasonover, of Camden, SC, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SHEDD, District Judge.

On August 5, 1992, the Court ruled that the at-large method of electing members of the Kershaw County Council violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973, in that the county's African-American minority population had less opportunity than other members of the electorate of Kershaw County to participate in the political process and...

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