Shirt v. Hazeltine

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SCHREIER, District Judge.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Parties & Background.980

II. History of Districts 26 and 27 .980

III. 2000 Census Data and the Current Legislative Plan.982

IV. Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.986

A. Sufficiently Large and Geographically Compact.987

B. Minority Political Cohesiveness .995

1. Dr. Cole’s Analysis.996

2. Dr. Zax’s Analysis.998

3. Reliability of Each Method.1001

4. Non-Statistical Evidence of Cohesiveness.1004

5. Partisanship and Low Voter Turnout .1008

C. Usual Defeat of Indian-Preferred Candidates .....1010

D. Totality of the Circumstances..1017

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