Legal Opinion
Richard Barnett v. Richard M. Daley, and Carole Bialczak, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 2, 1994No. 93-3644PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The Chicago City Council is composed of 50 aldermen, each elected from a different ward. Illinois law requires that the wards be redistrieted after each decennial census. The latest redistricting plan was adopted by referendum (after the Council itself could not agree on a plan) in 1992, and is challenged in this suit by black voters who claim mainly that it violates both the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and section 2(b) of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973(b), which offers a remedy to members of a racial or other minority who “have less…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Michael Henry Ferdik v. Joe Bonzelet, SheriffCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Gomillion v. LightfootSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Johnson v. De GrandySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
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3Cited by41 opinions
- John Duda v. Board of Education of Franklin Park Public School District No. 84, John Barry, Dan PietriniCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- State v. BrocuglioSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
- LeRoux v. Secretary of StateMichigan Supreme Court · 2002
- Harold B. Smith and Illinois Republican Party v. Kenneth R. Boyle, in Their Official Capacity as Members of the Illinois State Board of ElectionsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- Hodges Ex Rel. Hodges v. Public Building CommissionDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1994
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