Legal Opinion
Hilbert L. Bradley v. Frederick T. Work, Randall T. Shepard, Intervening
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 31, 1998No. 96-2241PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
The ultimate question presented in this appeal is whether § 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973, applies to the way in which judges for the Superior Court of Lake County, Indiana, are selected, and if so whether the Act has been violated. Prior to reaching that issue, however, we must work our way through a series of procedural obstacles that arose largely because of the plaintiffs’ lafck' of attention to the rules governing litigation in' the Southern District of Indiana and the taking of appeals to this court. Briefly, we conclude: (1) this appeal is…
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