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U.S. v. STATE OF LA.

No. 96-1903.

952 F.Supp. 1151 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. STATE OF LOUISIANA; Walter Fox McKeithen in his official capacity as the Secretary of State of Louisiana; Richard R. Ieyoub in his official capacity as the Attorney General of Louisiana; City of Shreveport; Shreveport City Court; Robert W. Williams in his official capacity as Mayor of the City of Shreveport; Virginia Hester in her official capacity as the Clerk of Shreveport City Court; Ernest Roberson in his official capacity as the Registrar of Voters of Caddo Parish, Louisiana; and William T. Johnston in his official capacity as the Registrar of Voters of Bossier Parish, Louisiana, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Louisiana.

January 24, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Flanagan, U.S. Attorney's Office, Shreveport, LA, Michael D. Skinner, U.S. Attorney's Office, Lafayette, LA, Elizabeth Johnson, Donna M. Murphy, Judybeth Greene, Timothy F. Mellett, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Deval L. Patrick, Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Div., Washington, DC, for U.S.

Roy A. Mongrue, Jr., Angie R. LaPlace, LA Atty. General's Office, Baton Rouge, LA, Beth Conrad Langston, 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal, Shreveport, LA, for State of Louisiana, Walter Fox McKeithen, Richard R. Ieyoub, Ernest Roberson, William T. Johnston.

Robert G. Pugh, Pugh Pugh & Pugh, Shreveport, LA, for City of Shreveport, City Court of Shreveport, Robert W. Williams, Virginia Hester.

Before STEWART, Circuit Judge, and LITTLE and DOHERTY, District Judges.

STEWART, Circuit Judge:

We are convened pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1973c and 28 U.S.C. § 2284 to perform a narrowly defined task — determine whether the City of Shreveport, Louisiana (City) and the State of Louisiana (State) have properly complied with the preclearance requirements of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The United States asks us to issue a preliminary injunction that would prevent...

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