Legal Opinion
Graves v. City of Montgomery
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided August 10, 2011No. Case No. 2:11-CV-557-WKW [WO]PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
W. KEITH WATKINS, Chief Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
August 23, 2011, is the date scheduled for the city council election for the City of Montgomery, Alabama. Plaintiffs, who are registered electors in the City of Montgomery, allege that their voting and equal protection rights will be infringed if the August 23, 2011 city council election is allowed to proceed under the existing, precleared district apportionment plan, which was configured based upon the 2000 federal census figures. Defendants are the City of Montgomery, the City’s mayor, seven of the City’s nine council…
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