Legal Opinion
Davis v. Chiles
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 30, 1998No. 96-3547PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIRCH, Circuit Judge:
In this case we review plaintiff-appellants’ challenge to two at-large judicial election districts in Florida under Section Two of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (“Section Two”). Although the district court found that racially polarized voting plagued the electoral systems at issue, it granted judgment to the defendant-appellees- on the ground that Florida’s interest in maintaining its current system of selecting judges outweighs the plaintiff-appellants’ interest in their proposed remedy. In addition, the district court ruled that it could not accept…
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3Cited by37 opinions
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