Legal Opinion
Rural West Tennessee African American Affairs Council, Inc. v. Sundquist
District Court, W.D. Tennessee
Decided November 6, 1998No. 92-2407-TUV, 92-2415-TUVPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
TURNER, District Judge.
Plaintiffs in this consolidated civil rights action assert a claim of vote dilution pursuant to § 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973. 1 Specifically, the Rural West Ten nessee African American Affairs Council and certain registered voters in Tennessee (the “Rural West plaintiffs”), along with Phillip R. Langsdon and other registered voters in Tennessee (the “Langsdon plaintiffs”) charge that Tennessee’s 1994 reapportionment of its ninety-nine state House districts unlawfully dilutes African-American voting strength in rural west Tennessee, a geographic…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Rural West Tennessee African American-Affairs Council (98-6718), Phillip R. Langsdon (98-6778) v. Don Sundquist, Governor of the State of TennesseeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000
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- Rural West Tennessee African American-Affairs Council (98-6718), Phillip R. Langsdon (98-6778) v. Don Sundquist, Governor of the State of TennesseeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000
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