Legal Opinion
Paige v. Gray
District Court, M.D. Georgia
Decided August 16, 1975No. Civ. A. 74-50-Alb, 75-27-AlbPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OWENS, District Judge:
Fanny Paige, Erma Moss, Mary Young and Grady Caldwell, individually and as representatives of a class 1 of all black citizens of the City of Albany entitled to vote therein, by their complaint filed December 9, 1974, seek to invalidate the present at-large system of electing five city commissioners of the City of Albany, Georgia, who with the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem of said city constitute all the elected officials of the board of city commissioners, Albany's governing body. The at-large system herein attacked was created by a 1947 act of the legislature of this state.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Chevron Oil Co. v. HusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Gomillion v. LightfootSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- White v. RegesterSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Whitcomb v. ChavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Dougherty County Bd. of Ed. v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Paige v. GrayCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Duncan v. PoythressDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1981
- Paige v. GrayDistrict Court, M.D. Georgia · 1977
- Clark v. Marengo CountyDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1979
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