District Court, D. South Carolina March 6, 2003, 2:01-0155-23, 2:01-562-23 (United States v. Charleston County)

ORDER

DUFFY, District Judge.

This matter was tried without a jury beginning on July 15, 2002. The United States has alleged that the at-large method of electing the nine-member Charleston County Council violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (“Section 2”), because it results in the unlawful dilution of minority voting strength.