Legal Opinion
Medders v. Autauga County Board of Education
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided July 5, 1994No. Civ. A. 3805-NPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.
In this longstanding voting rights case, defendant Autauga County Board of Education initiated additional proceedings against a third-party defendant, the Alabama Democratic Conference (the “ADC”), seeking a declaratory judgment that the school board’s system of electing its members from two multi-member districts complied with federal statutory and constitutional law. 1 The school board further sought authorization to submit the multi-member-district plan to the Attorney General of the United States for preclearance under § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Farrar v. HobbySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
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