Legal Opinion
Rural West Tennessee African-American Affairs Council, Inc. v. McWherter
District Court, W.D. Tennessee
Decided October 5, 1993No. 92-2415-TUBROPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER OF THREE-JUDGE COURT GRANTING LANGSDON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
This case challenges Tennessee’s most recent legislative reapportionment, effected by Chapter 836 of the Tennessee Public Acts of 1992. It arises under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973. A three-judge panel has been convened pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2284.
The Langsdon plaintiffs seek a declaration that Chapter 836 is unconstitutional as to the lower house of the Tennessee legislature as well as an injunction against the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- White v. RegesterSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Mahan v. HowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Karcher v. DaggettSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Wise v. LipscombSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Rural West Tennessee African American-Affairs Council (98-6718), Phillip R. Langsdon (98-6778) v. Don Sundquist, Governor of the State of TennesseeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000
- State ex rel. Walker v. City of Bowling GreenOhio Supreme Court · 1994
- Kermit L. Moore, Jr. v. State of TennesseeCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2014
- Millsaps v. LangsdonSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Rural West Tennessee African American Affairs Council, Inc. v. SundquistDistrict Court, W.D. Tennessee · 1998
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