MOBILE, Ala. — A federal court in Alabama denied residents’ motion for a preliminary injunction related to the civil rights lawsuit they filed against town council members, who have allegedly operated a “hand-me-down governance” system at least since the mid-1960s, where no regular municipal election for the mayor or council have been held. The council members allegedly secretly reappointed themselves to keep residents from electing a majority-Black council. The residents are likely to succeed on their constitutional claim, but have not shown how they will suffer an irreparable harm, as necessary for an injunction.
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