# City of Rome, Ga. v. United States

> District Court, District of Columbia · April 9, 1979 · 472 F. Supp. 221

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9722157

## Case

- **Full name:** CITY OF ROME, GEORGIA, Et Al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America Et Al., Defendants
- **Court:** District Court, District of Columbia
- **Decided:** April 9, 1979
- **Citations:** 472 F. Supp. 221; 1979 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13149
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Gasch
- **Judges:** McGowan, Gasch, Richey
- **Cited by:** 28 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9722157

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that a city that is a political subdivision of a covered state may not independently bail out of Section 5’s pre-clearance requirement

## Opinion text

GASCH, District Judge.
I concur in the result.

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