Legal Opinion
Thornburg v. Gingles
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 30, 1986No. 83-1968PublishedCited by 1,199 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice Brennan
This case requires that we construe for the first time § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended June 29, 1982. 42 U. S. C. § 1973. The specific question to be decided is whether the three-judge District Court, convened in the Eastern District of North Carolina pursuant to 28 U. S. C. § 2284(a) and 42 U. S. C. § 1973c, correctly held that the use in a legislative redistricting plan of multimember districts in five North Carolina legislative districts violated §2 by impairing the opportunity of black voters “to participate in the political process and to elect representatives of their…
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