Legal Opinion

Williams v. City of Texarkana

District Court, W.D. Arkansas

Decided February 17, 1993No. 92-4001PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

HENDREN, District Judge.

On September 25,1992, this Court entered a Memorandum Opinion and Order, filed on September 29, 1992, finding that the present 4-3 plan for election of board members in the city of Texarkana violates § 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The Court directed that the present plan be- abandoned; that the present board members cease to be such; that a new non-violative plan be put in place; that the city’s population be duly reapportioned in accordance with the new plan and in compliance with both Arkansas and Federal law; and that new board members be duly elected for…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Chapman v. MeierSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. East Carroll Parish School Board v. MarshallSupreme Court of the United States · 1976

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Jewell v. Miller County Election CommissionSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1997

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