Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Kemp
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided February 23, 2018No. Civil Action No. 1:17–cv–01427–TCB–WSD–BBMPublished
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, Circuit Judge
Nine Georgia voters ("plaintiffs") bring this action challenging Georgia's 2015 redistricting plan as violating the Constitution as well as Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 52 U.S.C. § 10301. First Am. Compl. ("Compl."), Doc. 84 ¶¶ 1, 21-30. The plaintiffs1 challenge the current Georgia voting maps, as amended by Georgia Act No. 251, 2015 Ga. Laws 1413 ("H.B. 566"), which they say "quashed the growing minority population's voting strength in two specific House districts" and "circumvented the creation of at least one additional majority-minority district." Id. ¶ 1. The plaintiffs have sued…
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