Legal Opinion
Southern Christian Leadership Conference v. Sessions
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 14, 1995No. 92-6257PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Chief Judge:
Appellant Southern Christian Leadership Conference (“SCLC”) and the individual appellants are the class representative of the black voters in Alabama.1 They appeal the district court’s decision, Southern Christian Leadership Conference (“SCLC”) v. Evans, 785 F.Supp. 1469 (M.D.Ala.1992), reached following a bench trial, rejecting their claim that Alabama’s system for electing circuit and district judges in ten of Alabama’s judicial circuits affords the black voters in those circuits, on account of their race, “less opportunity ... to participate in the political process”…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Shaw v. RenoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Chisom v. RoemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Charles F. Zimmer, Stewart Marshall, Intervenor-Appellant v. John J. McKeithenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- East Carroll Parish School Board v. MarshallSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by60 opinions
- Burton v. City of Belle GladeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
- Davis v. ChilesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
- Askew v. City of Rome, GA Comm.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1997
- Negron v. City of Miami Beach, FLCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1997
- Prejean v. FosterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
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