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NAACP v. CITY OF NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y.

No. 89-CV-1221S.

913 F.Supp. 722 (1994)

The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR the ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, INC. (NAACP) through its Niagara Falls, New York Branch; Renae Kimble, Political Action Chairperson; Bloneva Bond; Frederick L. Brown; Matthew J. Bushelon; William Feagins; Wayne Galloway; Brenda L. Hamilton; Jay Harris; Homer Hicks, Jr.; Mary Johnson; Joseph Jones; Robert Laster, Sr.; Clinton Palmer; Eddie L. Palmore; Terry Pressley; Jesse Sconiers; Ore Lean Simmons; Charles Towns; Pauline Walker and C. Alonzo Williams [Individually]; Plaintiffs, v. The CITY OF NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, a municipal corporation; Michael C. O'Laughlin, Mayor; Guy Tom Sottile; Barbara Geracitano; Anthony Rendina; Henry Buchalski; Michael Gawel; Anthony Quaranto; and Jacob Palillo, members of the Niagara Falls City Council; Elsie Paradise, City Clerk; Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. New York.

September 20, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvia Fordice, Fordice & Scott, Buffalo, NY, Dennis Courtland Hayes, Assistant General Counsel, Baltimore, MD, for plaintiffs.

Patrick J. Berrigan, Niagara Falls, NY, for defendants.

DECISION AND ORDER

SKRETNY, District Judge

INTRODUCTION

This case arises under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ("the Act"), 42 U.S.C. § 1973. Plaintiffs are challenging the existing method of electing members to the Niagara Falls City Council, pursuant to Section 2 of the Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973. Plaintiffs include the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ("NAACP"), its local Political Action Chairperson...

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