Legal Opinion
City of Pleasant Grove v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 25, 1985No. Civ. A. 80-2589PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HAROLD H. GREENE, District Judge.
On October 9, 1980, the City of Pleasant Grove, a community in Jefferson County, Alabama, brought this action under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973c, seeking a declaration that the annexation by the city of the so-called “Western Addition” did not have the purpose or effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race or color. In March 1982, plaintiff moved for summa*783ry judgment,1 and on August 3, 1983, after a hearing, the Court denied plaintiffs motion. City of Pleasant Grove v. United States, 568 F.Supp.…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Rogers v. LodgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- City of Rome v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- White v. MurthaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Georgia v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- City of Richmond v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by4 opinions
- City of Pleasant Grove v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- City of Pleasant Grove v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- City of Pleasant Grove v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1985
- City of Pleasant Grove v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987