Legal Opinion
Barnett v. City of Chicago
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided August 7, 1998No. 92 C 1683, 92 C 2104 and 92 C 2666PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
BUCKLO, District Judge.
On April 1, 1998, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued its opinion affirming in part and vacating in part the opinion of Judge Duff following trial of this case. Barnett v. City of Chicago, 141 F.3d 699 (7th Cir.1998). On May 12, 1998 this ease was reassigned to me for further proceedings consistent with the direction of the Court of Appeals.
In its decision, the Seventh Circuit held that in terms of citizen voting-age population and proportional voting power, African Americans are underrepresented in the existing City aldermanic map by…
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- Gingles v. EdmistenDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1984
- Beatrice Houston, Annie Ruth Manning, Mary Ann Williams v. Lafayette County, MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Smith, Ed H. v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2006
- Barnett v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001