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SUMBRY v. RUSSELL COUNTY, ALA.

Civil Action No. 84-T-1386-E.

993 F.Supp. 1439 (1998)

Arthur SUMBRY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. RUSSELL COUNTY, ALABAMA, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Eastern Division.

February 10, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James U. Blacksher, Birmingham, AL, Terry G. Davis, Terry G. Davis, P.C., Montgomery, AL, Larry T. Menefee, Montgomery, AL, Edward Still, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Algert S. Agricola, Jr., Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, L.L.C., Montgomery, AL, Albert L. Jordan, Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, L.L.C., Birmingham, AL, Intervenor-Plaintiff.

Ronald G. Davenport, Robert A. Huffaker, Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett, Montgomery, AL, Bart Gregory Harmon, James W. Webb, Pamela Robinson Higgins, Webb & Eley, P.C., Montgomery, AL, for Defendants.

ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs Arthur Sumbry, Joseph Ivey, and John Battle filed this lawsuit in 1984 on behalf of a class of African-American citizens of Russell County, Alabama against Russell County, the members of the Russell County Commission (the "Commission"), and the election officials of Russell County,1 alleging that Russell County's at-large election system diluted and abridged the voting rights...

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