District Court, D. South Carolina July 10, 2002, 2:01-0155-11, 2:01-562-11 (United States v. Charleston County)

ORDER

DUFFY, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court upon the Magistrate Judge’s recommendation that this Court grant Plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment on the three preconditions, as outlined in the United States Supreme Court decision,

Thornburg v. Gingles,

478 U.S. 30, 106 S.Ct. 2752, 92 L.Ed.2d 25 (1986), requisite to a Voting Rights Act claim pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1973.