Foreman v. Dallas County, Tex.

FITZWATER, District Judge:

In this action brought pursuant to § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973c, we must decide whether we have authority to award plaintiffs the election fees that they maintain they lost when we declined to enjoin a plan for selecting precinct election judges. Because we hold that our limited power precludes us from granting this relief, and because subsequent events have provided all other remedies that plaintiffs seek, we deny their claim for lost election fees and we otherwise dismiss the case as moot.

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Plaintiffs B.C. Foreman (“Foreman”), Ida Clark…