Legal Opinion
Smith v. Brunswick County
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 1, 1993No. 92-1978PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
On April 7, 1992, Brunswick County, Virginia, conducted a special election to elect five members to its governing Board of Supervisors, one from each election district in the County. The election was conducted in accordance with a redistricting plan adopted by the County in July 1991 in response to the 1990 census. Although 58% of the people in Brunswick County are black, as are a majority of those eligible to vote in four of the five election districts, the people elected five white Board members.
Before the election, three black voters, the NAACP, and the ACLU…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- City of Mobile v. BoldenSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- White v. RegesterSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Whitcomb v. ChavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Charles F. Zimmer, Stewart Marshall, Intervenor-Appellant v. John J. McKeithenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- George R. Smith Charles White James A. Smith, Jr. v. Brunswick County, Virginia, Board of Supervisors Raymond S. Daniel Thomas B. Taylor Walter Rice, Jr. Marion W. Peebles H. Paul Harrison, in Their Official Capacities as Members of the Board of Supervisors of Brunswick County the Electoral Board of Brunswick County, Virginia Mathew B. Morton Benjamin P. Powell Nora Wilkins, in Their Official Capacities as Members of the Electoral Board of Brunswick County Registrar of Brunswick County Barbara Lewis, in Her Official Capacity as Registrar of Brunswick County v. American Civil Liberties Union, of Virginia Aclu Foundation of Virginia, Third Party and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Brunswick County, Virginia, Branch, Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
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