Smith v. Lomax

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit · Decided 1995-02-22

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TJOFLAT, Chief Judge: I. On October 25, 1989, at the conclusion of her six-year term, the Board of Commissioners of Fulton County, Georgia voted to replace its white female clerk, Alice Smith, with an African-American female, Avarita Hanson. 1 Two African-American members of the Board, Chairman Michael Lomax and Commissioner Michael Hightower, who cast the deciding votes, voted not…

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