Legal Opinion
County Council of Sumter County v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 11, 1983No. Civ. A. 82-0912PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ON MOTION TO INTERVENE
Seven black citizens who are registered to vote in Sumter County, South Carolina, at least one of whom was a party in Blanding v. DuBose, 454 U.S. 393, 102 S.Ct. 715, 70 L.Ed.2d 576 (1982), move pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 24 to intervene in this Voting Rights Act proceeding which is a sequel to Blanding. Some of the movants made representations to the Attorney General in opposition to the preclearance of the at-large voting method for Sumter County Council members at issue in Blanding. When the Attorney General first refused preclearance, Sumter County…
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