Dean Butch Wilson v. John W. Jones, Jr.

MARCUS, Circuit Judge:

Defendants the Dallas County Commission, various county officials,1 and the *1299United States appeal the district court’s order vacating its 1988 injunction which established a new election scheme2 for the County Commission of Dallas County, Alabama as a remedy for a violation of section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The district court found that the 1988 injunction changed the size of the County Commission and was therefore an impermissible remedy for a voting rights violation in light of recent Supreme Court and Eleventh Circuit precedent. Because the district court did not…