Legal Opinion
Cousin v. McWherter
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided January 13, 1994No. CIV-1-90-339PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
HULL, District Judge.
Plaintiffs have brought this action alleging violations of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 and the fifteenth amendment of the United States Constitution. Plaintiffs are black adult residents and voters in Hamilton County, Tennessee.
Plaintiffs instituted this action on August 31, 1990. Plaintiffs allege that Hamilton County’s use of at-large elections for judges of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Hamilton County, Tennessee, and for the judges of the Court of General Sessions in Hamilton County, has a discriminatory result. The…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Chisom v. RoemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Houston Lawyers' Assn. v. Attorney General of Tex.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Armour v. State of OhioDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1991
- Brown v. Board of Commissioners of the City of ChattanoogaDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1989
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3Cited by4 opinions
- White v. State of Ala.District Court, M.D. Alabama · 1994
- Maxine B. Cousin v. Ned R. McWherter Governor of TennesseeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1995
- Lopez v. Monterey County, Cal.District Court, N.D. California · 1995
- Cousin v. McWherterDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1994