Case: United States v. City of Euclid

1:06-cv-01652 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: July 10, 2006

Closed Date: April 16, 2008

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Case Summary

This is a voting rights case brought in 2006 by the United States against the City of Euclid, Ohio. At the time, Euclid used a combination of single-member districts and slotted, at-large positions, which resulted in the dilution of the voting strength of Black people. Under the combination of single-member and at-large/multimember districts, in elections since 1995 for the Euclid City Council, white voters consistently voted as a bloc to defeat every candidate preferred by Black voters. Under a properly apportioned single-member district plan, Black citizens would constitute a majority of the voting-age population in two of nine districts. On July 10, 2006, the U.S. filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, alleging that the City of Euclid’s current election system violated § 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and requesting that the court order the City to devise and implement a new election system compliant with the Voting Rights Act. 2006 WL 6498352.

In July 2006, the City moved to dismiss, which the court denied in October of that year. The court discussed why it denied the City’s motion to dismiss at the October 3, 2006 case management conference, but Clearinghouse is unable to ascertain those reasons at this time.

Discovery ensued, and the case went to trial in August 2007. At trial, the court applied the framework laid out by the U.S. Supreme Court in Thornberg v. Gingles. The court first found that the election system met the three preconditions laid out in Gingles: (1) The Black minority population of the City was sufficiently large and geographically compact enough to constitute a majority in at least one single-member district; (2) The Black minority voting population was politically cohesive; and (3) The white majority voted consistently as a bloc to defeat the minority’s preferred candidate. Indeed no Black candidate had ever won office in the City. Applying the totality of the circumstances approach laid out in Gingles, the court then found that Black voters in the City overall did not possess the same opportunities to participate in the political process as white voters. Black people in Euclid had suffered historical discrimination in housing, education, and employment, and they had a lower socioeconomic status and lower political participation, all of which hampered Black people’s access to equal political participation. 580 F.Supp.2d 584. Given these factors, the court held that the election system used by the City of Euclid violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by diluting the voting power of Black people. Following the ruling, the court ordered the U.S. and the City to agree on a remedial election system by September 2007 and stayed the Euclid City Council elections until March 2008. 523 F.Supp.2d 641.

On October 29, 2007, the court approved the new election system, which created eight single-member districts within the City of Euclid while leaving intact the at-large office of the Euclid City Council president. The redrawn districts included two majority-minority districts with effective voting-age Black majorities of 60% or greater, both largely the result of existing residential patterns rather than specific, purposeful plan-drawing. Furthermore, on the nine-member council, two districts constituted 22.22% of the seats, which was roughly proportional to the overall percentage of the City’s Black voting-age population (27.8%). The new election plan remedied the existing Voting Rights Act violation without creating a new violation, and the plan was implemented in the City’s March 4, 2008 presidential primary election. 523 F.Supp.2d 641.

Summary Authors

Sarah Portwood (10/16/2022)

People

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Judge(s)

O'Malley, Kathleen McDonald (Ohio)

Judge(s)

O'Malley, Kathleen McDonald (Ohio)

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Documents in this case

1 1:06-cv-01652	Complaint	July 10, 2006	July 10, 2006 Complaint 2006 WL 6498352
208 1:06-cv-01652	Order	Oct. 29, 2007	Oct. 29, 2007 Order/Opinion 523 F.Supp.2d 641
210 1:06-cv-01652	Order	April 16, 2008	April 16, 2008 Order/Opinion 580 F.Supp.2d 584

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ECF Number	Date	Description	Link
1	July 10, 2006	Complaint against all defendants ( Filing fee 350 receipt number EXEMPT.). Filed by United States of America. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet # 2 Civil Cover Sheet Attachment# 3 Summons # 4 Summons # 5 Summons)(Gomez, Abel) (Entered: 07/10/2006)	RECAP
	July 10, 2006	Judge Kathleen M. O'Malley assigned to case. (C, BA)
	July 10, 2006	Random Assignment of Magistrate Judge Vecchiarelli, pursuant to Local Rule 3.1. (C, BA)
	July 10, 2006	Summons issued by clerk via certified mail for service upon City of Euclid, Euclid City Council, Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. (R, Sh) Modified for text on 7/11/2006 (R, Sh).
2	July 17, 2006	Return of Service Executed upon Cuyahoga County Board of Elections by certified mail on 7/12/2006 (month illegible) Related document(s) 1 . (B, B) (Entered: 07/17/2006)	RECAP
3	July 17, 2006	Return of Service Executed upon City of Euclid by certified mail on 7/13/2006. Related document(s) 1 . (B, B) (Entered: 07/17/2006)	RECAP
4	July 20, 2006	Attorney Appearance by Hilary S. Taylor filed by on behalf of City of Euclid, Euclid City Council. (Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 07/20/2006)	RECAP
5	July 26, 2006	Motion to dismiss and for More Definite Statement filed by City of Euclid, Euclid City Council. (Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 07/26/2006)	RECAP
6	July 26, 2006	Praecipe to issue alias summons for Euclid City Counsel filed by United States of America. (C, K A) (Entered: 07/27/2006)	RECAP
	July 27, 2006	Alias Summons issued to counsel for service upon Euclid City Council (related doc 6 ). (C, K A)
7	Aug. 1, 2006	Answer to Complaint (Related Doc # 1 ) filed by Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. (Lambert, David) (Entered: 08/01/2006)	RECAP
8	Aug. 22, 2006	Return of Service Unexecuted upon Euclid City Council attempted by certified mail on 7/13/2006 and returned with the Post Office notation: return to sender. Related document(s) 1, 6 . (Attachments: # 1 Standard Letter Regarding Service)(B, B) (Entered: 08/22/2006)	RECAP
9	Aug. 28, 2006	Opposition to Motion to dismiss and for More Definite Statement filed by United States of America. Related document(s) 5 . (Gomez, Abel) (Entered: 08/28/2006)	RECAP
10	Sept. 1, 2006	Reply to response to Motion to dismiss and for More Definite Statement filed by City of Euclid, Euclid City Council. Related document(s) 5 . (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A)(Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 09/01/2006)	RECAP
11	Sept. 5, 2006	Reply to response to Motion to dismiss and for More Definite Statement (Amended Reply) filed by City of Euclid, Euclid City Council. Related document(s) 5 . (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A# 2 Exhibit B)(Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 09/05/2006)	RECAP
12	Sept. 11, 2006	Motion to strike Defendants' Amended Reply Memorandum filed by United States of America. Related document(s) 11 . (Attachments: # 1 Brief in Support)(Gomez, Abel) (Entered: 09/11/2006)	RECAP
13	Sept. 20, 2006	Case Management Conference Scheduling Order with case management conference to be held on 10/3/2006 at 10:00 AM at Chambers 16A before Honorable Kathleen M. O'Malley. Parties to file position statement prior to conference. Signed by Judge Kathleen M. O'Malley on 9/20/2006. (Attachments: # 1 Position statement)(H, C) (Entered: 09/20/2006)	RECAP
14	Sept. 25, 2006	Opposition to Motion to strike Defendants' Amended Reply Memorandum filed by City of Euclid, Euclid City Council. Related document(s) 12 . (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A# 2 Exhibit B)(Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 09/25/2006)	RECAP
15	Sept. 26, 2006	Position Statement re: Case Management Conference Agenda filed by all parties. Related document(s) 13 . (Gomez, Abel) (Entered: 09/26/2006)	RECAP
16	Oct. 1, 2006	Reply to response to Motion to strike Defendants' Amended Reply Memorandum filed by United States of America. Related document(s) 12 . (Gomez, Abel) (Entered: 10/01/2006)	RECAP
17	Oct. 5, 2006	Case Management Plan. Case Management Conference held on 10/3/2006. Case assigned to standard track. Case not suitable for ADR at this time. Parties do not consent to jurisdiction of Magistrate Judge. Plaintiff's expert reports due by 1/16/2007; defendants' expert reports due by 3/16/2007; Plaintiff's rebuttal expert reports due by 4/16/2007; Non-expert and Expert Discovery due by 6/11/2007; Parties to be Joined and Pleading Amendments due by 11/17/2006; Status Conference set for 12/12/2006 12:30 PM. Status reports due every 45 days. Defendant Euclid City Council is DISMISSED from action. Defendant City of Euclid's motion for dismissal and/or more definite statement 5 is DENIED. United States' motion to strike 12 is DENIED as moot. (Court Reporter None.)Signed by Judge Kathleen M. O'Malley. (H, C) (Entered: 10/05/2006)	RECAP
18	Oct. 18, 2006	Notice of Service of Interrogatories filed by City of Euclid. (Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 10/18/2006)	RECAP
19	Oct. 18, 2006	Answer to Complaint (Related Doc # 1 ) filed by City of Euclid. (Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 10/18/2006)	RECAP
20	Oct. 19, 2006	Attorney Appearance by Frederick W. Whatley filed by on behalf of Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. (Whatley, Frederick) (Entered: 10/19/2006)	RECAP
21	Oct. 19, 2006	Notice of Service of United States' Rule 26 Initial Disclosures filed by United States of America. (Gomez, Abel) (Entered: 10/19/2006)	RECAP
22	Oct. 20, 2006	Initial Disclosures filed by Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. (Lambert, David) (Entered: 10/20/2006)	RECAP
23	Oct. 24, 2006	Notice of Service of First Request for Admissions and Production of Documents to plaintiff filed by City of Euclid. (Taylor, Hilary) Modified on 10/30/2006 to edit text (B, T). (Entered: 10/24/2006)	RECAP
24	Oct. 24, 2006	Initial Disclosures filed by City of Euclid. (Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 10/24/2006)	RECAP
25	Oct. 31, 2006	Notice of Service re request for production filed by City of Euclid. (Taylor, Hilary) Modified wording of text on 11/2/2006 (C, B). (Entered: 10/31/2006)	RECAP
26	Nov. 20, 2006	Notice of Service of Answers to Defendant City of Euclid's First Set of Interrogatories filed by United States of America. (Gomez, Abel) Modified on 11/21/2006 (B, T). (Entered: 11/20/2006)	RECAP
27	Nov. 20, 2006	Status Report filed by United States of America. (Gomez, Abel) (Entered: 11/20/2006)	RECAP
28	Nov. 21, 2006	Status Report filed by Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. (Lambert, David) (Entered: 11/21/2006)	RECAP
29	Nov. 21, 2006	Status Report filed by City of Euclid. (Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 11/21/2006)	RECAP
30	Nov. 27, 2006	Notice of Service of United States' Answers to Defendant City's First Set of Requests for Admissions filed by United States of America. (Gomez, Abel) (Entered: 11/27/2006)	RECAP
31	Nov. 27, 2006	Notice of Service of United States' Answers to Defendant City's First Request for Production of Documents filed by United States of America. (Gomez, Abel) (Entered: 11/27/2006)	RECAP
32	Nov. 30, 2006	Designation of Expert filed by United States of America. (Gomez, Abel) (Entered: 11/30/2006)	RECAP
33	Nov. 30, 2006	Proposed Stipulation of the Parties Regarding Experts filed by United States of America. (Gomez, Abel) (Entered: 11/30/2006)	RECAP
34	Nov. 30, 2006	Notice of Service of United States' First Set of Interrogatories to Defendant City of Euclid, Ohio filed by United States of America. (Gomez, Abel) (Entered: 11/30/2006)	RECAP
35	Dec. 6, 2006	Notice of Service for Second Request for Admissions filed by City of Euclid. (Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 12/06/2006)	RECAP
36	Dec. 7, 2006	Notice of Service of United States' First Request For Production of Documents from the Defendants filed by United States of America. (Gomez, Abel) (Entered: 12/07/2006)	RECAP
37	Dec. 8, 2006	Notice of Service of United States' Rule 26 Supplemental Disclosures filed by United States of America. (Gomez, Abel) (Entered: 12/08/2006)	RECAP
38	Dec. 8, 2006	Notice of Service of United States' First Set of Requests for Admissions to Defendant City of Euclid, Ohio filed by United States of America. (Gomez, Abel) (Entered: 12/08/2006)	RECAP
39	Dec. 10, 2006	Status Report in Advance of the December 12, 2006 Status Conference filed by United States of America. (Gomez, Abel) (Entered: 12/10/2006)	RECAP
40	Dec. 11, 2006	Status Report filed by Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. (Lambert, David) (Entered: 12/11/2006)	RECAP
41	Dec. 12, 2006	Status Report filed by City of Euclid. (Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 12/12/2006)	RECAP
42	Dec. 12, 2006	Order. Rulings made by the Court at the 12/12/2006 status conference are memorialized herein. Signed by Judge Kathleen M. O'Malley on 12/12/2006. (H, C) (Entered: 12/12/2006)	RECAP
	Dec. 12, 2006	Minutes of proceedings [non-document]. Status Conference held on 12/12/2006 before Judge Kathleen M. O'Malley. (Court Reporter None.) (H, C)
	Dec. 12, 2006	Order (non-document) entered 12/12/2006 granting parties' 33 Stipulation extending expert reports until 2/1/2007 and 3/1/2007. Judge Kathleen M. O'Malley (H, C)
43	Dec. 27, 2006	Letter in Response to City of Euclid's December 19, 2006, Letter Position-Statement filed by United States of America. (Gomez, Abel) (Attachment(s): # 1 City Euclid's 12/19/2006 Letter) (H,CM). Modified on 5/18/2011 (H,CM). (Entered: 12/27/2006)	RECAP
44	Dec. 28, 2006	Stipulated Motion for extension of time until January 25, 2007 to Respond to Plaintiff's First Set of Interrogatories filed by City of Euclid. (Taylor, Hilary) Modified on 4/24/2007 (Huth, Chris). Stipulation granted on 1/8/2007. (Entered: 12/28/2006)	RECAP
45	Jan. 4, 2007	Third Status Report filed by Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. (Lambert, David) (Entered: 01/04/2007)	RECAP
46	Jan. 4, 2007	Proposed Stipulation of the Parties Regarding Extension of Time for Serving Plaintiff United States' Answers to Defendant City of Euclid's Second Set of Requests for Admissions filed by United States of America. (Gomez, Abel) (Entered: 01/04/2007)	RECAP
47	Jan. 4, 2007	Status Report filed by United States of America. (Gomez, Abel) (Entered: 01/04/2007)	RECAP
48	Jan. 5, 2007	Proposed Stipulation for Leave to Plead and Journal Entry to Respond to Plaintiff's First Request for Production and First Set of Request for Admissions on or before January 25, 2007 filed by City of Euclid. (Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 01/05/2007)	RECAP
	Jan. 8, 2007	Order (non-document) entered 1/8/2007 granting parties' 44 Stipulation for extension of time until 1/25/2007 for defendant to respond to plaintiff's first set of interrogatories. Judge Kathleen M. O'Malley (H, C) Modified on 1/9/2007 (H, C).
49	Jan. 9, 2007	Status Report filed by City of Euclid. (Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 01/09/2007)	RECAP
	Jan. 18, 2007	Order (non-document) entered 1/18/2007 granting parties' Stipulations to extend time to respond to discovery requests 46, 48 . Judge Kathleen M. O'Malley (H,CM)
50	Jan. 25, 2007	Notice of Service of Filing Interrogatories, Admissions, Request for Production filed by City of Euclid. (Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 01/25/2007)	RECAP
51	Feb. 1, 2007	Notice of Service of United States' Expert Reports filed by United States of America. (Gomez, Abel) (Entered: 02/01/2007)	RECAP
52	Feb. 7, 2007	Notice of Service of United States' Answers to Defendant City of Euclid's Second Set of Requests for Admissions filed by United States of America. (Gomez, Abel) (Entered: 02/07/2007)	RECAP
53	Feb. 20, 2007	Fourth Status Report filed by Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. (Lambert, David) (Entered: 02/20/2007)	RECAP
54	Feb. 20, 2007	Fourth Status Report filed by City of Euclid. (Attachments: # 1 Attachment)(Taylor, Hilary) Modified text on 2/26/2007 (B, B). (Entered: 02/20/2007)	RECAP
55	Feb. 20, 2007	Fourth Status Report filed by United States of America. (Gomez, Abel) Modified text on 2/26/2007 (B, B). (Entered: 02/20/2007)	RECAP
56	March 6, 2007	Expert designations pursuant to Rule 26 filed by City of Euclid. (Taylor, Hilary) Modified text 3/9/2007 (C, K). (Entered: 03/06/2007)	RECAP
57	March 10, 2007	Notice to take Deposition of Several City Officials or Employees on Various Dates filed by United States of America. (Attachments: # 1 Appendix)(Gomez, Abel) (Entered: 03/10/2007)	RECAP
58	April 3, 2007	Notice of Service of Response to Plaintiff's Verbal Request for Production No. 5 filed by City of Euclid. (Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 04/03/2007)	RECAP
59	April 6, 2007	Fifth Status Report filed by Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. (Lambert, David) (Entered: 04/06/2007)	RECAP
60	April 6, 2007	Status Report filed by United States of America. (Gomez, Abel) (Entered: 04/06/2007)	RECAP
61	April 9, 2007	Status Report Fifth filed by City of Euclid, Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. (Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 04/09/2007)	RECAP
62	April 10, 2007	Notice of Service filed by City of Euclid. (Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 04/10/2007)	RECAP
63	April 12, 2007	Notice to take Deposition of the City of Euclid on April 24, 2007 filed by United States of America. (Attachments: # 1 Appendix Document Request)(Gomez, Abel) (Entered: 04/12/2007)	RECAP
64	April 12, 2007	Notice to take Deposition of Several City Officials or Employees and Others on Various Dates filed by United States of America. (Attachments: # 1 Appendix Document Production Request)(Gomez, Abel) (Entered: 04/12/2007)	RECAP
65	April 13, 2007	Notice of Service of United States' Rule 26 Second Supplemental Disclosures on 4/13/2007 filed by United States of America. (Gomez, Abel) Modified text on 4/19/2007 (B, B). (Entered: 04/13/2007)	RECAP
66	April 16, 2007	Notice to take Deposition of Current and Former City Officials on Various Dates and Times filed by United States of America. (Attachments: # 1 Appendix Request for Documents)(Gomez, Abel) (Entered: 04/16/2007)	RECAP
67	April 19, 2007	Notice of Service of Response to Plaintiff's Verbal Discovery Request at the Deposition of John M. Conway, March 29, 2007 filed by City of Euclid. (Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 04/19/2007)	RECAP
68	April 23, 2007	Subpoena Returned Executed; served upon Chuck Comiskey, Kent Smith, Carol Bechtel, Paul Oyaski, by personal service on 4/16/07 (Smith, Bechtel), 4/17/07 (Oyskai), and 4/19/07 (Comiskey) filed by United States of America (C,B) (Entered: 04/24/2007)	RECAP
69	April 26, 2007	Subpoena Returned Executed; served upon Jerome Corbran by personel service on 4/24/07 filed by United States of America (C,B) (Entered: 04/27/2007)	RECAP
70	May 2, 2007	Subpoena Returned Executed; served upon Joseph Dallos by personal service on 4/25/07 filed by United States of America (C,B) (Entered: 05/02/2007)	RECAP
71	May 2, 2007	Notice of Service of United States' Second Set of Requests for Admissions, Interrogatories and Requests for Production of Documents filed by United States of America. (Gomez, Abel) (Entered: 05/02/2007)	RECAP
72	May 3, 2007	Order. Status Conference set for 5/18/2007 02:00 PM in Chambers 16A. On 5/11/2007, the parties shall file position statements not to exceed five pages discussing their proposals regarding the trial scheduled in this matter. Signed by Judge Kathleen M. O'Malley on 5/3/2007.(H,CM) (Entered: 05/03/2007)	RECAP
73	May 4, 2007	Notice to take Deposition of serveral persons on various dates filed by United States of America. (Attachments: # 1 Appendix Request for Production of Documents)(Gomez, Abel) (Entered: 05/04/2007)	RECAP
74	May 7, 2007	Notice of Service of Response to Plaintiff's Verbal Discovery Request at the Deposition of Ed Gudenas, March 27, 2007 filed by City of Euclid. (Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 05/07/2007)	RECAP
75	May 7, 2007	Notice to take Deposition of Howard Drake on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. filed by City of Euclid. (Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 05/07/2007)	RECAP
76	May 7, 2007	Notice to take Deposition of Clarence Dunn on Monday, May 14, 2007 beginning at 5:00 p.m. filed by City of Euclid. (Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 05/07/2007)	RECAP
77	May 7, 2007	Notice to take Deposition of Sharon Hawthorne on Monday, May 14, 2007 starting at 9:00 am filed by City of Euclid. (Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 05/07/2007)	RECAP
78	May 7, 2007	Notice to take Deposition of Emma Jackson on Monday, May 14, 2007 starting at 12:00 pm filed by City of Euclid. (Taylor, Hilary) Modified text on 5/8/2007 (G, Y). (Entered: 05/07/2007)	RECAP
79	May 7, 2007	Notice to take Deposition of Rodney Maiden on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 starting at 9:00 am filed by City of Euclid. (Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 05/07/2007)	RECAP
80	May 7, 2007	Notice to take Deposition of Michael McPhillips on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 starting at12:00 pm filed by City of Euclid. (Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 05/07/2007)	RECAP
81	May 7, 2007	Notice to take Deposition of Mike McTighe on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 starting at 3:00 pm filed by City of Euclid. (Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 05/07/2007)	RECAP
82	May 7, 2007	Notice to take Deposition of Bill Patmon on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 starting at 3:00 pm filed by City of Euclid. (Taylor, Hilary) Modified text on 5/8/2007 (G, Y). (Entered: 05/07/2007)	RECAP
83	May 7, 2007	Notice to take Deposition of Paris Rice on Thursday, May 17, 2007 starting at 9:00 am filed by City of Euclid. (Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 05/07/2007)	RECAP
84	May 7, 2007	Notice to take Deposition of Mac Stephens on Thursday, May 17, 2007 starting at12:00 pm filed by City of Euclid. (Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 05/07/2007)	RECAP
85	May 7, 2007	Notice to take Deposition of Sally Hufnagle on Thursday, May 17, 2007 starting at 3:00 pm filed by City of Euclid. (Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 05/07/2007)	RECAP
86	May 7, 2007	Notice to take Deposition of Melody Stewart on Friday, May 18, 2007 starting at 9:00 am filed by City of Euclid. (Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 05/07/2007)	RECAP
87	May 7, 2007	Notice to take Deposition of Jeniee Walton on Friday, May 18, 2007 starting at 12:00 pm filed by City of Euclid. (Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 05/07/2007)	RECAP
88	May 8, 2007	Subpoena Returned Executed; served upon Ed Jerse by personal service on 5/2/07 filed by United States of America (C,B) (Entered: 05/09/2007)	RECAP
89	May 10, 2007	Subpoena Returned Executed; served upon Sharon Hawthoren by Hand delivered by Process server on May 5, 2007 filed by City of Euclid (Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 05/10/2007)	RECAP
90	May 10, 2007	Subpoena Returned Executed; served upon Rodney Maiden by Hand delivered by Process server on May 5, 2007 filed by City of Euclid (Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 05/10/2007)	RECAP
91	May 10, 2007	Subpoena Returned Executed; served upon Mike McTighe by Hand delivered by Process server on May 5, 2007 filed by City of Euclid (Taylor, Hilary) (Entered: 05/10/2007)	RECAP
92	May 10, 2007	Subpoena Returned Executed; served upon Marsha Morrell Curtis by Hand delivered by Process server on May 6, 2007 filed by City of Euclid (Taylor, Hilary) Modified service date on 5/14/2007 (G, Y). (Entered: 05/10/2007)	RECAP

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Case Details

State / Territory:

Ohio

Case Type(s):

Election/Voting Rights

Special Collection(s):

Law Firm Antiracism Alliance (LFAA) project

Key Dates

Filing Date: July 10, 2006

Closing Date: April 16, 2008

Case Ongoing: No

Plaintiffs

Plaintiff Description:

United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division

Plaintiff Type(s):

U.S. Dept of Justice plaintiff

Attorney Organizations:

U.S. Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Division

Public Interest Lawyer: Yes

Filed Pro Se: No

Class Action Sought: No

Class Action Outcome: Not sought

Defendants

City

City of Euclid

County

City of Euclid

Defendant Type(s):

Jurisdiction-wide

Case Details

Causes of Action:

Voting Rights Act, section 2, 52 U.S.C. § 10301 (previously 42 U.S.C. § 1973)

Other Dockets:

Northern District of Ohio 1:06-cv-01652

Available Documents:

Any published opinion

Complaint (any)

Injunctive (or Injunctive-like) Relief

Non-settlement Outcome

Trial Court Docket

Outcome

Prevailing Party: Plaintiff OR Mixed

Relief Granted:

Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement

Source of Relief:

Litigation

Amount Defendant Pays: $0

Order Duration: 2007 - 2008

Issues

Discrimination Basis:

Race discrimination

Affected Race(s):

Black

Voting:

Challenges to at-large/multimember district/election

Redistricting/district composition

Vote dilution

Voting: General & Misc.

Recommended Citation

Case Summary of United States v. City of Euclid, Civil Rights Litig. Clearinghouse, http://www.dev.clearinghouse.net/case/43299/ (last updated 10/16/2022).