Legal Opinion
Westwego Citizens for Better Government v. City of Westwego, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 16, 1990No. 89-3552PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Per curiam
Westwego Citizens for Better Government, et al. (Citizens) appeals from the district court’s ruling on remand that Citizens failed to make out a vote dilution claim for aldermanic elections in Westwe-go. Unfortunately, we must defer ruling on Citizens’ appeal because we conclude that the district court must hear new evidence proffered by Citizens of a recent indigenous election involving the first black aldermanic candidate in Westwego. The district court must also consider proffered data regarding the voting age population in proposed black-majority single-member districts, in view of the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Westwego Citizens for Better Government v. City of Westwego, a Municipal Corporation Organized Pursuant to the Laws of the State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- Pittsburgh Press Club v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Citizens for a Better Gretna v. City of Gretna, LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Volma Overton, and Ernesto Calderon, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellants v. City of Austin, and Black Citizens Task Force, Defendant-Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Jenkins v. Red Clay Consolidated School District Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
- Garza v. County of Los AngelesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Westwego Citizens for Better Government v. City of WestwegoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- Willie J. Rollins, and Ervin O. Grice, and League of United Latin American Citizens 188, Movant-Appellant v. Fort Bend Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- League of United Latin American Citizens 4552 v. Roscoe Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
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