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MARYLANDERS FOR FAIR REPRESENTATION v. SCHAEFER

Civ. A. Nos. S-92-510, S-92-1409.

849 F.Supp. 1072 (1994)

MARYLANDERS FOR FAIR REPRESENTATION, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. William Donald SCHAEFER, et al., Defendants, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR the ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. William Donald SCHAEFER, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

April 5, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David D. Queen, Ober, Kaler, Grimes and Shriver, Baltimore, MD, for William Bergeron and Louis J. Tiches.

Samuel L. Walters, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Dennis C. Hayes, Gen. Counsel, N.A.A.C.P. Special Contribution Fund, Baltimore, MD, for N.A.A.C.P., Inc.

Robert A. Zarnoch, Atty. General's Office, Annapolis, MD, Dawna M. Cobb, Office of Atty. Gen., Diane Krejsa, Law Office, Lucy A. Cardwell, Office of Gen. Counsel, Carmen M. Shepard, J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Office of Atty. Gen., Baltimore, MD, Kathryn M. Rowe, Office of Atty. Gen., Linda H. Lamone, Annapolis, MD, Evelyn O. Cannon, Law Office, Baltimore, MD, for William Donald Schaefer, State Administrative Bd. of Election Laws, William M. Kelly, Jr., Thomas V. Miller, Jr., R. Clayton Mitchell, Jr., James W. Johnson, Jr., and Gene M. Raynor.

Before MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge, and MOTZ and SMALKIN, District Judges.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PER CURIAM.

In a previous opinion of this three-judge District Court, the majority held that the 1992 redistricting plan for the Maryland General Assembly impaired the opportunity of black voters on the Eastern Shore to participate in the political process and to elect representatives of their choice, and therefore violated § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 79 Stat. 437, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1973. We ordered the...

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