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LAROQUE v. HOLDER

Civil Action No. 10-0561(JDB).

755 F.Supp.2d 156 (2010)

Stephen LAROQUE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., in his official capacity as Attorney General of the United States, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

December 20, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Carvin, David J. Strandness, Noel John Francisco, Jonesday, Hashim M. Mooppan, Michael E. Rosman, Michelle Ann Scott, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Richard Alan Dellheim, Ernest Alan McFarland, Jared Michael Slade, Justin S. Weinstein-Tull, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHN D. BATES, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, five private citizens and a private membership association, filed this action challenging the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act ("Section 5"), see 42 U.S.C. § 1973c, both facially and as applied to the Attorney General's refusal under Section 5 to "preclear" a proposed amendment to the Kinston, North Carolina city charter. The amendment, adopted by Kinston...

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