Legal Opinion
Prosser v. Elections Board
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
Decided June 2, 1992No. 92-C-0078-CPublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
2Per curiam
In the spring of 1991, the Census Bureau furnished the State of Wisconsin with a detailed breakdown of the results of the 1990 decennial census. The breakdown showed that as a result of population shifts since the 1980 decennial census, the Wisconsin legislature was malapportioned — the shifts had produced large discrepancies in population between districts. The shifts had probably caused a violation of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973, as well, because they had resulted in blacks’ being “packed” into districts in Milwaukee, thus “wasting” black votes and therefore,…
3Cases cited7 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gaffney v. CummingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburgh, Inc. v. CareySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Davis v. BandemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Mars Ketchum v. Jane M. ByrneCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
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4Cited by43 opinions
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- David Baird v. The Consolidated City of IndianapolisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Shaw v. HuntDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1994
- Whitford v. GillDistrict Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 2016
- Jensen v. Wisconsin Elections BoardWisconsin Supreme Court · 2002
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