Legal Opinion
City of Mobile v. Bolden
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 22, 1980No. 77-1844PublishedCited by 773 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice Stewart, joined by The Chief Justice, Justice Powell, and Justice Rehnquist
The city of Mobile, Ala., has since 1911 been governed by a City Commission consisting of three members elected by the voters of the city at large. The question in this case is whether this at-large system of municipal elections violates the rights of Mobile’s Negro voters in contravention of federal statutory or constitutional law.
The appellees brought this suit in the Federal District Court for the Southern District of Alabama as a class action on behalf of all Negro citizens of Mobile.1 Named as defendants were the city and its three incumbent Commissioners, who are the appellants before…
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