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Lake v. State Bd. of Elections of North Carolina
District Court, M.D. North Carolina
Decided March 31, 1992No. Civ. 2:91CV00254PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
2Per curiam
Plaintiffs have brought this suit alleging violations of § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973c (1988), of the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment actionable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and of state laws governing the electoral process. The action arises out of alleged irregularities surrounding the conduct of the November 6, 1990, general election in Durham and Guil-ford Counties, North Carolina, and the remedial efforts of state judges in those counties. Plaintiffs are I. Beverly Lake, Jr., the Republican candidate for the…
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