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GOOSBY v. TOWN BD. OF TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, N.Y.

No. 88-CV-2453 (JG).

981 F.Supp. 751 (1997)

Dorothy GOOSBY, Samuel Prioleau, Xavier Morales, and Miladys Morales, Plaintiffs, v. TOWN BOARD OF the TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK, Gregory P. Peterson, Richard A. Zagarino, Curtis Fisher, Joseph Ra, Anthony Santino, Joseph Kearney, in their official capacities as members of the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County Board of Elections, John DeGrace and Steven Sabbeth, in their official capacities as Commissioners of Elections of Nassau County, Defendants.

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

October 20, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick K. Brewington, Hempstead, NY, and Randolph M. Scott-McLaughlin, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs.

Leonard B. Austin, Huntington Station, NY, for Defendant Steven Sabbeth.

Joseph J. Ortego, Evan H. Krinick, Kenneth A. Novikoff, Rivkin, Radler & Kremer, Uniondale, NY, for Defendant, Town Board of Town of Hempstead.

John E. Ryan, Floral Park, NY, for Defendant John DeGrace.

MEMORANDUM, ORDER AND PERMANENT INJUNCTION

GLEESON, District Judge.

Plaintiffs brought this action against the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead ("the Town Board") and other defendants alleging violations of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the United States Constitution. On February 20, 1997, I concluded that the at-large system used for electing members of the Town Board operates to invidiously exclude black voters from effective...

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