Legal Opinion
Old Person v. Brown
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 4, 2002No. 02-35171PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GOULD, Circuit Judge.
We enter again the turbulent and at times turbid waters of voting rights litigation. Four American Indian plaintiffs appeal the district court’s judgment in favor of defendant officials of the State of Montana on the plaintiffs’ vote-dilution claim under section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973. The district court held that the plaintiffs had standing to allege Native American vote dilution only with respect to the House and Senate Districts where they resided. Also, the court held that the plaintiffs had not shown vote dilution in the House and Senate…
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