Legal Opinion
Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Mukasey
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 4, 2008No. Civil Action 06-1384PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID S. TATEL, Circuit Judge:
Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibits “covered jurisdictions”— those states and political subdivisions with histories of racial discrimination in voting — from making any change in their voting procedures without first demonstrating to either the Attorney General or a three-judge panel of this court that the change “neither has the purpose nor will have the effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race or color.” 42 U.S.C. § 1973c. Plaintiff, a municipal utility district in Texas, a covered jurisdiction, seeks a…
2Cases cited59 opinions
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- Board of Trustees of Univ. of Ala. v. GarrettSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
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3Cited by12 opinions
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