Legal Opinion
Neal v. Coleburn
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided June 27, 1988No. Civ. A. 87-0573-RPublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
RICHARD L. WILLIAMS, District Judge.
This case presents a voting rights challenge to the current method for electing the board of supervisors of Nottoway County, Virginia. The plaintiffs contend that the district lines drawn for the board’s single-member districts impermissibly dilute the voting power of the County’s black voters, in violation of the United States Constitution and § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973.
For the reasons set forth below, the Court concludes that the County’s electoral districting scheme dilutes the voting strength of the County’s…
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