Legal Opinion
Southern Christian Leadership Conference v. Evans
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided March 18, 1992No. Civ. A. 88-H-462-NPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
HOBBS, District Judge.
This action was filed in May 1988 by black voters within various judicial circuits and districts in Alabama. Defendants are the Alabama Attorney General, the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, the Alabama Secretary of State, and various probate judges. Plaintiffs claim that the system for electing judges in Alabama leaves black voters without an equal opportunity “to participate in the political process and to elect representatives of their choice” in violation of the Voting Rights Act as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1973. Plaintiffs also claim that…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- League of United Latin American Citizens, Council No. 4434 v. ClementsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
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