Legal Opinion
South Carolina v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 18, 1984No. Civ. A. No. 83-3626PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*758MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
2Per curiam
I
In this Voting Rights Act case, filed in December, 1983, for preclearance of a state legislative reapportionment plan enacted the preceding month, the State of South Carolina prays for declaratory judgment that Act 257 of its general assembly reapportioning its state senatorial districts in accordance with the 1980 Decennial Census is not racially discriminatory in purpose or effect. Defendants United States and the intervenor-defendant NAACP answered in early February, 1984, denying that Act 257 was non-discriminatory. The case is presently set for trial beginning…
3Cases cited5 opinions
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- McDaniel v. SanchezSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Connor Et Al. v. Waller, Governor of Mississippi, Et Al.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Jordan v. WinterDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1982
4Cited by4 opinions
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- North Carolina State Board of Elections v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2002
- Bossier Parish School Board v. RenoDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1994
- State of SC v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1984