Legal Opinion
Central Delaware Branch of the National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) v. City of Dover
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided October 28, 1988No. Civ. A. No. 85-230-JLLPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
LATCHUM, Senior District Judge.
I. BACKGROUND
In this action the Central Delaware Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and Cecil C. Wilson (“plaintiffs”) challenged the at-large method of electing members to the City Council of the City of Dover, Delaware, as violative of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973, as amended, and the Fourteenth Amendment. (Docket Item [“D.I.”] 1.) Named as defendants were the City of Dover (the “City”), the Dover City Council, Dover Mayor Crawford J. Carroll, and the Dover Election…
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