Legal Opinion
Irby v. Virginia State Board of Elections
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 24, 1989No. 88-2919PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:
A number of black residents and two civil rights organizations brought an action challenging Virginia’s method of local school board selection as violating the First, Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and Section 2 et seq. of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 et seq. Virginia law requires appointment, rather than election, of local school board members. The plaintiffs allege that Virginia adopted and maintained the appointment system with the intent to discriminate against blacks, and that the system…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- City of Mobile v. BoldenSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- NC NAACP State Conference v. Ken RaymondCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2020
- Hand,et al v. Scott,et alCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2018
- Spivey v. State of OhioDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1998
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