Attorney Notes Pages 1666, 1688-1689

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t As I have indicated, I think the malrner in which it would be ap

olied would look to ;;J;'dffi;#, l-'!t* that the courLs would

iookeithertotheti"tftijricases'wher;';h;t;ha-'beenabodlof
law under ai=purut"'i-p#,.lra tir"l ,*ouia pick up thar body of

law and put it down *'t"hr:';;- rr',"i uoal' of lao' says if you have

underrepresentatlon il ffi- i'o-tl fott" measured by statistics' com-

ilffi ;ii';1r.-_'.,gt**l#l jl;''-t",f"tU'i;:'11,3J'6
Lot a discriminatory-erreL'Li 'Li:: ,-::;' ,:,;:; -1,'-*i.i up with is
f,ere in this area "ia"i 

it'"-"ff6cts'iest u'hat vou wrncl up

looking at electio.n i!.rrii-ri you do .,ot'hJnle'in the elected bodv

the same propo"'ot' 
"oil''-i"otiii"t'" yoi'huie in the communit-v- at

]arse, then vou o'ir ii#"I'pt;[r!"*';;e; the effects test undei

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tu*iti:1,1,i:';l-:i""it[H,T*id":Ju""";"air'ti*"i;i.t
cases which really'iL;iro; annexatjon. Those ca.ses point one ln

the direction of proportional repre-sent'iio"' U""ause an'annexation

that tends to chande the proport'"1'l 1"..0;;;iifi'#;it"t# Ht"t;
ii, i, tt " area inv-olved is one that ru
section 5. i --.^r..^^ -Jictrirtinos and a "ret'

Another line of section 5 cSses involves redistrictings an

rogression,, *..,au'ii 
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;, il;; i ir.,i"iir',"iir,oua [robah]v have

limited use t'o derine *'hat we "* td'f;;;'?#;; ii;;: in't'erms of

"effect," because in a retrog:-"t:1"-'-t^l"Gi= vou are talking about

changes: you ha"e'tJ compite ti'" n""*iyti"i'l to the directl'r: pre

ceding s)'stem'
The only case r am aware-o.f ti:ar rearir gives us a.clear indica-

tion. or a sipr:al' o?'*ii"tl=-likei' to i''pbei. ri the-9i'i""f Mobile

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:1,51?.];: *x'".# 3l]elft;.''i:Fi" ?ir or more -'-e'are not*'tr-

l,undine rhat rheri ,r-.-. 
-ge p"r""ri'*r,J.ii.t pori"tutjon rn the

area. The:rag" jij ,i"?'riiii!..i*in"#i:f"rposr. but sai<i that

because tr," stutl=iic'i'"='rt sho$ ec'"aitit'I^"iaror1 e{fect' there

was a violation ;iffiil;";;otl"a"o.t" restructiire the citl- goYern-

[*fu1.:n;*;,;."*{ff;;r*"Tl*l;'"';""f'.!!ii?,l"lx?:H
Dreme Court ot""t"*'a-'and i-n-the process it said that tl

adopt an effects ;:i:'il irir J' r"ri'ti,"ii""p."-i""a] representation I

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i;" b?"; ifr""""17;q1{i *fJgt e Mobite decision would have---Mr' 
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trict lines must be drawn to give proportional representation to mi-

""+'flf t" the Washington Post's- comment on the Mobil'e' decision

on April 28, 1980, wi:ilii i""a""aiL"ogirla tnut pr-o-portionar rep

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