Legal Opinion
Harding v. Cnty. of Dall.
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided August 23, 2018No. Civil Action No. 3:15-CV-0131-DPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIDNEY A. FITZWATER, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
This is a suit by Anglo voters of Dallas County, Texas who maintain that their rights under § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ("VRA"), 52 U.S.C. § 10301 et seq. , and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment have been violated by the absence of a second county commissioner district that is capable of electing a representative of their choice: an Anglo Republican. Following a bench trial, and for the reasons explained,1 the court holds that plaintiffs have failed to prove that, were a second Anglo majority district drawn,…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Lujan v. Defenders of WildlifeSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- City of Los Angeles v. LyonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- O'Shea v. LittletonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bartlett v. StricklandSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
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