Legal Opinion
Lucas v. Townsend
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 9, 1990No. 89-8556PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:
In this voting rights case, we reverse the district court and hold that the form in which a referendum question is presented to voters may constitute a standard, practice, or procedure within the meaning of section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
FACTS
In 1987, the Board of Public Education and Orphanage for Bibb County (“the Board”) began planning a referendum requesting the voters of Bibb County to approve the issuance of general obligation bonds. The bonds were to provide funds to build a new high school and middle school, and to complete the air conditioning in all of…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Hicks v. MirandaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Allen v. State Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Mandel v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Bonilla v. City Council of City of ChicagoDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1992
- Lucas v. TownsendCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
- Lucas v. TownsendCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
- Bradley v. Indiana State Election BoardDistrict Court, S.D. Indiana · 1992
- Armstrong v. AllainDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1994
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