Legal Opinion
Dillard v. Crenshaw County
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided October 21, 1986No. Civ. A. 85-T-1332-NPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.
The issue before the court in this lawsuit, premised on section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S. C.A. § 1973, is whether the court should adopt on an interim or permanent basis the proposed redistricting plans submitted by three Alabama counties. Calhoun, Lawrence, and Pickens Counties submitted the plans to cure the section 2 violations in their present schemes for electing their county commissions.
For reasons that follow, the court concludes that Calhoun County’s and Lawrence County’s plans are due to be accepted in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Upham v. SeamonSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Henry T. McMillan v. Escambia County, Florida, Elmer Jenkins v. City of PensacolaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- City of Port Arthur v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Dillard v. Crenshaw CountyDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1986
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Dillard v. Baldwin County Board of EducationDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1988
- Neal v. ColeburnDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1988
- Warren v. City of TampaDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1988
- White v. State of Ala.District Court, M.D. Alabama · 1994
- Dillard v. Baldwin County CommissionDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1988
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