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WILLIAMS v. CITY OF TEXARKANA, ARK.

No. 92-4001.

861 F.Supp. 771 (1993)

Londell WILLIAMS; James Louis; Joyce Grissom; and Mattie Roberson, Plaintiffs, v. The CITY OF TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS, a Public Body Corporate; Bobby Ferguson, Mayor of the City of Texarkana, Arkansas; Members of the City of Texarkana, Arkansas, Board of Directors, Individually, and in Their Official Capacities: Bobbie Ferguson; Danny Gray; Hubert Easley; Jim Nicholas; Nelson Shaw; Greg Giles; The Miller County, Arkansas Election Commission, in Their Official Capacities: David Orr; Lou Ann Dean; and Margaret McRaney, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Arkansas, Texarkana Division.

February 17, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Walker, Mark Burnette, John W. Walker, P.A., Little Rock, AR for Londell Williams, James Lewis, Joyce Grissom, Mattie Roberson.

Paul Lester Dickerson, Lavender, Rochelle, Barnette & Dickerson, Texarkana, AR, for City of Texarkana, Ark., Bobby Ferguson.

Paul Lester Dickerson, Lavender, Rochelle, Barnette & Dickerson, Texarkana, AR, P.A. Hollingsworth, Hollingsworth Law Firm, P.A., Little Rock, AR, for Bobby Ferguson, Danny Gray, Hubert Easley, Jim Nicholas, Nelson Shaw, Greg Giles.

Paul Lester Dickerson, Lavender, Rochelle, Barnette & Dickerson, Texarkana, AR, M. Brent Haltom, Lewisville, AR, for Miller County, Ark. Election Com'n, David Orr, Lou Ann Dean, Margaret McRaney.

David J. Potter, Texarkana, TX, for Danny Jewell.

ORDER

HENDREN, District Judge.

On September 25, 1992, this Court entered a Memorandum Opinion and Order, filed on September 29, 1992, finding that the present 4-3 plan for election of board members in the city of Texarkana violates § 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The Court directed that the present plan be abandoned; that the present board members cease to be such; that a new non-violative plan be put in place; that the city's population be duly...

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