Legal Opinion
League of United Latin American Citizens, Council No. 4434 v. Clements
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 25, 1993No. 90-8014PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
Over the past fifty years, the steady march of civil rights has been to New Orleans and this court. It continues but the demands have changed. Relatively clear lines of legality and morality have become more difficult to locate as demands for outcomes have followed the cutting away of obstacles to full participation. With our diverse ethnic makeup, this demand for results in voting has surfaced profound questions of a democratic political order such as the limits on rearranging state structures to alter election outcomes, and majority rule at the ballot…
2Cases cited88 opinions
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- Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Nipper v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
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- League of United Latin American Citizens v. City of BoerneCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2011
- Jenevein v. WillingCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2007
- Sanchez v. The State Of ColoradoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1996
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