White v. Alabama

*554 ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge:

This three-judge court has before it claims that the State of Alabama expanded the size of its Appellate Courts in violation of § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1973c. We also have before us a motion to dismiss filed by the defendants, the State of Alabama and its Secretary of State, contending that the § 5 claims are moot because the state statutes authorizing this expansion have now been cleared by the United States Attorney General. We hold that the § 5 claims are not moot, but that the complaining parties are still not…