Legal Opinion
Vecinos De Barrio Uno v. City of Holyoke
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided April 18, 1997No. Civil Action 92-30052-MAPPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON REMAND
PONSOR, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This lawsuit was filed in 1992 by Hispanic citizens of the City of Holyoke against the City itself and certain individuals, claiming violations of the Voting Rights Act of 1982, 42 U.S.C. § 1973. Originally, the suit challenged the at-large component of the elections for both Holyoke’s School Committee and City Council. 1
On March 27,1995, following a bench trial, this court issued an opinion holding that the at-large component for the City Council elections, by which a majority of the Council is elected, did violate the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Growe v. EmisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Vecinos De Barrio Uno v. City of HolyokeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
- Gomez v. City of WatsonvilleCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- Goosby v. Town Bd. of the Town of Hempstead, NYDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1997
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Barnett v. City of ChicagoDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1997
- Langsdon v. DarnellDistrict Court, W.D. Tennessee · 1998
- Meza v. GalvinDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2004