Legal Opinion
Terrazas v. Clements
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided January 4, 1984No. Civ. 3-81-2205-RPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RANDALL, Circuit Judge:
In this opinion, we decide whether the State of Texas has violated section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1973 (West Supp.1983), or the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution in drawing the districts to elect members of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas County. Specifically, we consider the contention of a group of hispanic voters (the “MALDEF Intervenors”) 1 that splitting the Dallas hispanic population into three separate districts cancelled out its voting strength. Only the seventeen House districts in Dallas County created by…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Gomillion v. LightfootSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- City of Mobile v. BoldenSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Terrazas v. RamirezTexas Supreme Court · 1991
- Hastert v. State Board of ElectionsDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1991
- Latino Political Action Committee, Inc. v. City of Boston, Raymond FlynnCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Veasey v. PerryDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 2014
- Neal v. ColeburnDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1988
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