Legal Opinion

Nash v. Blunt

District Court, W.D. Missouri

Decided January 22, 1992No. 91-0840-CV-W-2PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

Plaintiffs filed these consolidated voting rights cases in September 1991, challenging the House Apportionment Plan (referred to as “the official Plan”) adopted the same month by the Missouri House of Represent*402atives Reapportionment Commission. Unlawful dilution of voting rights of African Americans is alleged, as the Plan applies to Jackson County (Kansas City), St. Louis City and St. Louis County. A three-judge court was duly convened.

The initial parties, African American voters and Missouri state officials, negotiated a proposed settlement, which was presented to the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Trbovich v. United Mine WorkersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Davis v. BandemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Terrazas v. RamirezTexas Supreme Court · 1991
  4. Nancy Anne Spangler, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee v. Pasadena City Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
  5. Busbee v. SmithDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1982

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Meek v. Metropolitan Dade CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
  2. Meek v. Metropolitan Dade CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
  3. Shaw v. HuntCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1998
  4. Clark v. Putnam CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
  5. Nash v. BluntDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1992

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