United States v. City of Cambridge

SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:

The United States appeals from the district court’s decision granting the City of Cambridge, Maryland summary judgment on the Government’s Voting Rights Act complaint. The Government brought this action in December 1984 alleging that Cambridge’s at-large system for electing its commissioners violated section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended. 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (1982).1 Without entering into a settlement agreement or conceding the validity of the alleged Voting Rights Act violation, the City in September 1985 adopted a plan for electing commissioners from…