Legal Opinion
Maxine B. Cousin v. Ned R. McWherter Governor of Tennessee
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 14, 1995No. 18-5643PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEITH, Circuit Judge.
Defendants-Appellants, Ned McWherter, the Governor of Tennessee; the Tennessee State Election Committee; Will Burns, the Coordinator of Elections; the Hamilton County Election Committee; and Steve Conrad, the Registrar-at-Large of Hamilton County (“Defendants”), appeal the judgment of the district court finding Hamilton County’s at-large, circuit-wide method of electing judges violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1973, and the order enjoining the State of Tennessee from conducting further Hamilton County elections under such a…
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3Cited by20 opinions
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