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701 F. Supp. 808

Dillard v. Baldwin County Commission

U.S. District Court

Decided June 23, 1988

U.S. District Court · decided 1988-06-23

Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently July 2007

4 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“John Dillard and other African American voters ['the Dillard plaintiffs'] brought suit against the Baldwin County Commission alleging that the at-large system used to elect its members violated section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 .”

quoted by 1 later decision, including Dillard v. Baldwin County Commission

Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (§ 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965)

Relies on 686 F. Supp. 1459 - Dillard v. Baldwin County Board of Education · 694 F. Supp. 836 - Dillard v. Baldwin County Commission

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1988-06-23

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¶1ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

¶2This lawsuit, premised on § 2 et seq., of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1973 et seq., is again before the court, this time on the plaintiffs’ motion to alter or amend, etc., filed June 20, 1988. For reasons that follow, the motion should be granted.

¶3In a memorandum opinion and judgment entered in this case on June 6, 1988, this court required that the Baldwin County Commission implement a new, seven single-member districting plan this year. See Dillard v. Baldwin County Commission, 694 F.Supp. 836 (M.D.Ala.1988). The new plan is identical to one this court previously ordered implemented for the Baldwin County Board of Education. See Dillard v. Baldwin County Board of Education, 686 F.Supp. 1459 (M.D.Ala.1988). However, subsequent to the judgment in the school board case, the parties there agreed to several minor modifications of the court-ordered plan. The plaintiffs here have now asked that the court order the same minor modifications for the redistricting plan for the county commission. Counsel for the commission has orally informed the court that the commission does not desire to submit any written opposition to the plaintiffs’ request.

¶4The court agrees with plaintiffs that the seven single-member redistricting plans for the county commission and the s'chool board should be identical, if possible. Variations would be confusing for candidates as well as voters. Accordingly, it is the ORDER, JUDGMENT, and DECREE of the court:

¶5(1) That the plaintiffs’ motion to alter or amend, etc., filed June 20,1988, be and it is hereby granted;

¶6(2) That defendant Baldwin County Commission be and it is hereby ENJOINED and RESTRAINED from failing to conduct its 1988 elections and future elections accord*809ing to the modified seven single-member districting plan submitted in the companion case of Dillard v. Baldwin County Board of Education, 686 F.Supp. 1459 (M.D.Ala.1988).

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